群 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「羊」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「羊」
- On
- グンぐん · gun
- Kun
- む(れる)・む(れ)・むら(がる)mu(reru) · mu(re) · mura(garu)
- Meaning
- group; flock; crowd
Stroke order
Origin
A phonetic-semantic compound: 君 gives the sound and 羊 (sheep) the meaning — animals that gather in flocks, hence 'group.'
Readings and examples
| Onグンぐんgun | 群居ぐんきょ大群たいぐん抜群ばつぐん |
|---|---|
| Kunむれるmureru | 群れるむれる |
| Kunむれmure | 群れむれ |
| Kunむらmura | 群すずめぐんすずめ群千鳥ぐんちどり群がるむらがる |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 大群たいぐん
large herd, big crowd
- 群島ぐんとう
archipelago
Example
空を鳥の群れが飛んでいます。
A flock of birds is flying in the sky.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)