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Kanji Detail for 群 - "group, flock, crowd"

群

  • Meaning

    群 means "group, flock, crowd."

    1. Group - A collection of things; an assembly.

    2. Flock - A gathering of animals or people.

    3. Crowd - Many gathered together; a multitude.

  • Words using 群

    • 抜群 ばつぐん Listen outstanding; excellent; exceptional
    • 群れ むれ Listen group; crowd; flock
    • 症候群 しょうこうぐん Listen syndrome
    • 群衆 ぐんしゅう Listen group (of people); crowd; horde
    • 群像 ぐんぞう Listen lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch; group
    • 群島 ぐんとう Listen island group; archipelago
    • 群れる むれる Listen to crowd; to flock; to swarm

  • Four-character idioms with 群

    • 群雄割拠 ぐんゆうかっきょ Listen rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field

  • Tattoo check: 群

    • Verified meaning: group, flock, crowd
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぐん, くんじ, むれ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 群

    Surnames 群(ぐん)Listen 群(くんじ)Listen 群(むれ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    flock; group; crowd; herd; swarm; cluster

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    group, crowd, multitude, mob

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 群[qun2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    group, crowd; multitude, mob

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gun(グン) グン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mu.reru(む-れる) む-れる

    mura(むら) むら

    mura.garu(むら-がる) むら-がる

    mure(む-れ) む-れ

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    羊 (hitsuji・hitsujihen)

  • Related Keywords

    group flock crowd community fellowship herd assembly cluster congregation gather horde mob multitude pack swarm team throng together many collection

Sentences including 群

  • John passed among the crowd.

  • The police held the crowd back.

  • She stands out from the rest.

  • They found tom in the crowd.

  • We lost sight of him in the crowd.

  • The crowd calmed down.

  • We lost sight of him in the crowd.

  • It is of no use to try to find him in the crowd.

  • I caught sight of her in the crowd.

  • The police broke up the crowd.

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