logo

The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: county, district

Kunyomi: こおり

Onyomi: グン

Composition: 君 邑

郡

Radical

Radical: 邑

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

⻏

Examples

Examples with audio

郡部(ぐんぶ)   rural districts, counties

郡県制度(ぐんけんせいど)   county and prefecture system

新田郡(にったぐん)   Nitta County

Onyomi Examples

郡 (グン) district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)

郡部 (グンブ) rural districts, counties

共産国家郡 (キョウサンコッカグン) Communist bloc

国郡 (コクグン) provinces and districts

Kunyomi Examples

郡 (ぐん) district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)

郡司 (ぐんじ) district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan