郡 meaning and stroke order
County, region, administrative division
How to write 郡, stroke by stroke
9 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 郡
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- canton
- county
- region
How 郡 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Place.
阝 gives the meaning and 君 hints at the sound.
Radical: 阝 (place), shared by 160 characters on this site.
How to remember 郡
郡 combines 君 (jūn, ruler) with 阝 on the right, which marks a place or city. Picture a region under a ruler's control, and the sound jun comes from 君.
郡 is mostly a historical word for an administrative region, as in the 郡县制 (jùnxiànzhì, commandery and county system) of ancient China. Today it also translates "county" in some foreign place names. Example: 秦朝把全国分为三十六郡。(Qíncháo bǎ quánguó fēn wéi sānshíliù jùn.) The Qin dynasty divided the country into thirty-six commanderies.
Common mistake: Learners often say 郡 with first tone like 君 (jūn), but 郡 is fourth tone, jùn. Also do not confuse it with 群 (qún, group), which has 羊 instead of 阝 next to 君.
Questions about 郡
How many strokes are in 郡?
郡 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 郡 mean?
郡 (jùn) means county, region, administrative division.
How do you pronounce 郡?
郡 is pronounced jùn, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 郡?
The radical of 郡 is 阝, which carries the idea of "place". Dictionaries list 郡 under this radical.
Is 郡 the same as 县 (xiàn)?
No. In the ancient system a 郡 was a larger unit that contained several 县. In modern mainland China, 县 is the normal word for county, and 郡 is rarely used for current divisions.
Where do I still see 郡 today?
You see it in history texts, in old place names, and in translations of foreign units such as counties in the UK or Japan's 郡 (gun). It also appears in the phrase 郡主 (jùnzhǔ), a title for a princess in historical dramas.