郡

Translingual

Han character

郡 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸口弓中 (SRNL), four-corner 1762₇, composition ⿰君⻏)

Derived characters

• 𠹴, 㴫, 𦄄, 𩺐, 𡩫, 𦵼, 𤹓

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		郡

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (君) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涒	*l̥ʰuːn
麏	*krun
莙	*krun, *ɡrunʔ, *klun
輑	*kʰrun
蜠	*kʰrun, *ɡrunʔ
峮	*kʰrun
窘	*ɡrunʔ
僒	*ɡrunʔ
君	*klun
桾	*klun
宭	*klun, *ɡlun
鮶	*klun
捃	*kluns
群	*ɡlun
羣	*ɡlun
裙	*ɡlun
裠	*ɡlun
帬	*ɡlun
焄	*qʰlun
郡	*ɡluns

Etymology

Perhaps related to Tibetan ཁུལ (khul, “district; province”) (Gong, 1995).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jùn (jun⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiùn
• Eastern Min (BUC): gông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kūn

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ciun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jùn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyùn
    • Wade–Giles: chün⁴
    • Yale: jyùn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiunn
    • Palladius: цзюнь (czjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwan⁶
    • Yale: gwahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guen⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiunˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiun²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯un¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kouŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūn
    • Tâi-lô: kūn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kun
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kun²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kun²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ciun
    • MiniDict: ciuin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jyn
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyn³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjunH

Rime
Character	郡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	文 (59)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	渠運切
Baxter	gjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨunH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiunH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuənH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gunH/
Li Rong	/ɡiuənH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭuənH/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯uənH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jùn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwan6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ur-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡluns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	郡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jùn
Middle Chinese	‹ gjunH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ur-s/
English	district
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	郡
Reading #	1/1
No.	7302
Phonetic component	君
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	郡
Old Chinese	/*ɡluns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 郡

1. (historical) An administrative subdivision of imperial China of various status over the centuries, usually translated as commandery or prefecture
2. a surname

Related terms

• (governor of the commandery): 郡守 (jùnshǒu), 太守 (tàishǒu)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

郡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. county
2. district

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぐん (gun, Jōyō); くん (kun)
• Kun: こおり (kōri, 郡)

Noun

郡(ぐん) • (gun) 

1. county, district

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Korean

Hanja

郡 (eumhun 고을 군 (go'eul gun))

1. county
2. district

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 郡 (quận, quặn, quấn, quẩn, quạnh)

1. urban district (quận)