군

Korean

Etymology 1

군 굱 굲 굳 굴 굵 굶 굷 굸 굹 굺 굻 굼 굽 굾 굿 궀 궁 궂 궃 궄 궅 궆 궇 궈 궉 궊 궋
굔 ←	권 →

Syllable

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅜ, and ㄴ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: kun
• Phonetic hangul: 군

Romanization

Revised	gun	transliteration	gun
McCune–Reischauer	kun	Yale	kwun

Etymology 2

Korean reading of various Chinese characters

Noun

군 (gun)

1. 軍: an army, the army
2. 君: a prince
3. 君: a young man (often used following a name, e.g. "김 군")
4. 郡: county, a secondary administrative division of both North and South Korea. (IPA: kuːn)

(Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리, 동, 면, 읍, 구, 군, 시, 도

Pronoun

군 (gun)

1. 君: young man, young sir

Syllable

군 (gun)

1. 軍: soldier

   (eumhun reading: 군사 군)

2. 君: monarch

   (eumhun reading: 임금 군)

3. 郡: village

   (eumhun reading: 고을 군)

4. 群: group

   (eumhun reading: 무리 군)

5. 窘: blockage

   (eumhun reading: 막힐 군)

6. 裙: skirt

   (eumhun reading: 치마 군)