郡

郡 U+90E1, 郡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90E1 ← 郠 [U+90E0] CJK Unified Ideographs 郢 → [U+90E2]

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

• 𠹴, 㴫, 𦄄, 𩺐, 𡩫, 𦵼, 𤹓

• 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

simp. and trad.		郡

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

郡

1. (historical) An administrative subdivision of imperial China of various status over the centuries, usually translated as commandery or prefecture
2. a kind of administrative division
   1. (in Japan) district (second level division that has no administrative power since 1926, only serves as geographical reference)
   2. (in North and South Korea) county (second level division covering rural areas)
   3. (in the UK) shire (former administrative area of Britain)

      柴郡  ―  cháijùn  ―  Cheshire

   4. (in Vietnam) quận

      第八郡 [Cantonese]  ―  dai⁶ baat³ gwan⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  District 8

3. a surname

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

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. county
2. district

• Go-on: ぐん (gun, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: くん (kun)
• Kun: こおり (kōri, 郡)

Kanji in this term
郡
ぐん Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 郡 (MC gjunH).

• (Tokyo) ぐん [gúꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɡɯ̟̃ɴ]

郡(ぐん) • (gun) ^{←ぐん (gun)?}

1. county, district

• 郡(こおり) (kōri)

Kanji in this term
郡
こおり Grade: 4
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 郡 – see the following entry.

【こおり】 [noun] (archaic) county, district Alternative spelling 評

(This term, 郡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

郡 (eumhun 고을 군 (go'eul gun))

1. hanja form^? of 군 (“county; district”)

郡: Hán Nôm readings: quận, quặn, quấn, quẩn, quạnh

1. urban district (quận)