郡
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
郡 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸口弓中 (SRNL), four-corner 17627, composition ⿰君阝)
Derived characters edit
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1272, character 7
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39436
- Dae Jaweon: page 1770, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3775, character 6
- Unihan data for U+90E1
Chinese edit
simp. and trad. |
郡 |
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Glyph origin edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps related to Tibetan ཁུལ (khul, “district; province”) (Gong, 1995).
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
郡
- (historical) An administrative subdivision of imperial China of various status over the centuries, usually translated as commandery or prefecture
- a kind of administrative division
- (in Japan) district (second level division that has no administrative power since 1926, only serves as geographical reference)
- (in North and South Korea) county (second level division covering rural areas)
- (in the UK) shire (former administrative area of Britain)
- (in Vietnam) quận
- 第八郡 [Cantonese] ― dai6 baat3 gwan6 [Jyutping] ― District 8
- a surname
Related terms edit
Compounds edit
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
郡
Readings edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term |
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郡 |
ぐん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 郡 (MC gjunH).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Synonyms edit
- 郡 (kōri)
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term |
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郡 |
こおり Grade: 4 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 郡 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 郡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References edit
Korean edit
Hanja edit
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
郡: Hán Nôm readings: quận, quặn, quấn, quẩn, quạnh
- urban district (quận)