The kanji 群: meaning, readings and stroke order
群
- Meaning
- flock, group
- On reading
- グン gun
- Kun reading
- む(れる) mureru、む(れ) mure、むら* mura
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 羊 sheep
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bầy, đàn (quần)
- Japanese
- むれ。あつまり。
- Korean
- 무리, 떼 (군)
- Chinese
- 群、一群
Readings, words and example sentences
グン gun · on reading
群馬
Gunma Prefecture
群馬は 山が 多い 県です。
Gunma is a prefecture with many mountains.
む(れる) mureru · kun reading · less common
群れる
to gather in a group, to flock
鳥が 群れて 飛びます。
The birds fly in a flock.
む(れ) mure · kun reading
群れ
flock, herd, group
野原に 羊の 群れが 見えます。
I can see a flock of sheep in the field.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.