군

Korean

Etymology 1

구국굮굯군굱굲 굳굴굵굶굷굸굹 굺굻굼굽굾굿궀 궁궂궃궄궅궆궇
교 ←	→ 궈

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kun]
• Phonetic hangul: [군]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gun
McCune–Reischauer?	kun
Yale Romanization?	kwun

Syllable

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㄱ, ㅜ, and ㄴ.

Etymology 2

Contraction of -구먼 (gumeon, “-gumeon”) or -구나 (guna, “-guna”).

Suffix

-—군 • (--gun)

1. expresses exclamation
   • 하, 많기도 많군. 언제 다 하려고?

     ha, mankido mankun. eonje da haryeogo?

     Ha, impressive. I don't see you have enough time to get these all done?

   • 비가 오는군. 우산도 없는데 어째야 하나.

     biga oneun'gun. usando eomneunde eojjaeya hana.

     It rains. With no umbrella of mine. What should I do, then?

Etymology 3

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. (/kuːn/)

   (Administrative divisions of South Korea) 리(里) (ri), 동(洞) (dong), 면(面) (myeon), 읍(邑) (eup), 구(區) (gu), 군(郡) (gun), 시(市) (si), 도(道) (do)

Pronoun

군 • (gun)

1. 君: young man, young sir

Syllable

군 (gun)

1. 軍: soldier

   (eumhun reading: 군사 군 (gunsa gun))
   (MC reading: 軍 (MC kjun))

2. 君: monarch

   (eumhun reading: 임금 군 (imgeum gun))
   (MC reading: 君 (MC kjun))

3. 郡: village

   (eumhun reading: 고을 군 (go'eul gun))
   (MC reading: 郡 (MC gjunH))

4. 群: group

   (eumhun reading: 무리 군 (muri gun))
   (MC reading: 群 (MC gjun))

5. 窘: blockage

   (eumhun reading: 막힐 군 (makhil gun))
   (MC reading: 窘 (MC gwinX))

6. 裙: skirt

   (eumhun reading: 치마 군 (chima gun))
   (MC reading: 裙 (MC gjun))