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郡

county
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingグン
Kun readingこおり
JōyōGrade 4KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. countyRtK
  2. district
    これは豊能郡の地図です。This is a map of the Toyono district.tatoeba
    同日葛野郡消滅。Kadono District was abolished on the same day.wiki
  1. district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period)
  2. commandery (in China)

Synonyms

国郡里制

Homonyms

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Same reading (ぐん)
軍 · army群 · group

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old boy · mop · mouth (口) · city walls

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1986

Compound words

郡部ぐんぶ
rural districts; counties
郡県ぐんけん
counties and prefectures
郡制ぐんせい
county system
郡長ぐんちょう
district headman
郡役所ぐんやくしょ
county offices
郡県制度ぐんけんせいど
county and prefecture system
郡保安官ぐんほあんかん
county sheriff
国郡里制こくぐんりせい
province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)
共産国家郡きょうさんこっかぐん
Communist bloc
郡庁所在地ぐんちょうしょざいち
county seat

Additional Examples

同日葛野郡消滅。
Kadono District was abolished on the same day.wiki
同日愛宕郡消滅。
Otagi District was abolished on the same day.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

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