群 meaning and stroke order
Group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
How to write 群, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 群
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- group
- crowd
- flock, herd, pack etc
- variant of 群[qun2]
How 群 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Sheep.
羊 gives the meaning and 君 hints at the sound.
Radical: 羊 (sheep), shared by 23 characters on this site.
How to remember 群
群 combines 君 (jūn), which gives the sound, with 羊 (yáng, sheep), which gives the meaning. Picture a ruler 君 standing beside his sheep 羊, watching over a whole flock.
群 means a group of people or animals and also works as a measure word for crowds, flocks and herds. It appears in words like 人群 (rénqún, crowd) and 群众 (qúnzhòng, the masses). Example: 一群学生在操场上跑步。(Yì qún xuésheng zài cāochǎng shang pǎobù.) A group of students is running on the sports field.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 君 (jūn) or 裙 (qún, skirt) by mistake. 群 has the second tone, qún, and the right side is 羊, not 衣 (the clothing radical 衤 on the left of 裙).
Common words with 群
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 人群 | rénqún | crowd | HSK 3 |
| 群众 | qúnzhòng | mass; multitude | HSK 5 |
| 群体 | qúntǐ | community; colony | HSK 5 |
| 成群结队 | chéngqún-jiéduì | (idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd | HSK 7-9 |
| 鹤立鸡群 | hèlìjīqún | a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior | HSK 7-9 |
| 群岛 | qúndǎo | group of islands; archipelago | |
| 族群 | zúqún | ethnic group; community | |
| 群山 | qúnshān | mountains; a range of hills | |
| 成群 | chéngqún | in groups; large numbers of | |
| 羊群 | yángqún | flock of sheep | |
| 鱼群 | yúqún | shoal of fish | |
| 合群 | héqún | to fit in; to get on well with others | |
| 症候群 | zhènghòuqún | (Tw) syndrome | |
| 种群 | zhǒngqún | population (of a species); community (of animals or plants) |
群 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 群
How many strokes are in 群?
群 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 群 mean?
群 (qún) means group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc. A common word with it is 人群 (rénqún), meaning "crowd".
How do you pronounce 群?
群 is pronounced qún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 群?
The radical of 群 is 羊, which carries the idea of "sheep". Dictionaries list 群 under this radical.
What is the traditional form of 群?
The traditional form of 群 is 羣. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau; 群 is the simplified form used in mainland China and Singapore.
Is 群 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 群 is part of the HSK 3 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard, and you are expected to write it by hand from HSK 3.
How do I use 群 as a measure word?
Put it after a number and before the noun, as in 一群人 (yì qún rén, a crowd of people) or 一群鸟 (yì qún niǎo, a flock of birds). It is used for groups of people or animals, not for single items.
What does 群 mean in chat apps like WeChat?
In everyday modern Chinese, 群 often means a group chat, short for 群聊 (qúnliáo). People say 拉个群 (lā ge qún) to mean starting a group chat, or 我在群里说了 (wǒ zài qún li shuō le), meaning I said it in the group.