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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

部(ぐんぶ)   rural districts, counties

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

新田(にったぐん)   Nitta County

Onyomi Examples

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

グンブ rural districts, counties

共産国家 キョウサンコッカグン Communist bloc

コクグン provinces and districts

Kunyomi Examples

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

ぐんじ district governor (under the ritsuryō system)