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群

qún

HSK 4 Character

What 群 means

1. group
2. crowd
3. flock, herd, pack etc

Other readings

群 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qúnvariant of {群|qún}

Example sentences

• 群鸟南翔。
  The birds flew to the south.
• 他太不合群。
  Tā tài bù héqún.
  He is antisocial.
• 鸟儿成群飞着。
  Niǎor chéngqún fēi zhe.
  The birds were flying in a group.
• 约翰穿越人群。
  John passed among the crowd.
• 他有群众魅力。
  He's got charisma.
• 狮群杀了角马。
  The lions killed the wildebeest.

Words starting with 群

• 群众qún zhòngmass; multitude; the masses
• 群体qún tǐcommunity; colony
• 群山qún shānmountains; a range of hills
• 群岛qún dǎogroup of islands; archipelago
• 群雄qún xióngoutstanding heroes; warlords vying for supremacy (in former times)…
• 群发qún fāto send to multiple recipients; mass mailout; to occur in a clustered fashion
• 群众性qún zhòng xìngto do with the masses; mass (meeting, movement etc)
• 群落qún luòcommunity; (science) biocoenosis; ecological community
• 群英qún yīngassemblage of talented individuals; ensemble of heroes
• 群众组织qún zhòng zǔ zhīcommunal organization
• 群峰qún fēngthe peaks of a mountain range
• 群集qún jíto gather; to congregate; to aggregate
• 群居qún jūto live together (in a large group or flock)
• 群主qún zhǔcreator and admin (of an online group)
• 群交qún jiāoto have group sex
• 群件qún jiàncollaborative software
• 群架qún jiàgroup scuffle; gang fight
• 群组qún zǔgroup; cohort; cluster
• 群花qún huāblossom
• 群论qún lùngroup theory (math.)
• 群马Qún mǎGunma (prefecture in Japan)
• 群英会qún yīng huìdistinguished gathering; a meeting of heroes
• 群众团体qún zhòng tuán tǐmass (non-government) organization
• 群众外包qún zhòng wài bāocrowdsourcing; abbr. to 众包

Words containing 群

• 人群rén qúncrowd
• 成群chéng qúnin groups; large numbers of; grouping
• 羊群yáng qúnflock of sheep
• 建筑群jiàn zhù qúnbuilding complex; cluster of buildings
• 族群zú qúnethnic group; community
• 成群结队chéng qún jié duì(idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd
• 社群shè qúncommunity; social grouping
• 超群chāo qúnsurpassing; preeminent; outstanding
• 合群hé qúnto fit in; to get on well with others; sociable
• 集群jí qúnclan; to clan together; to flock together
• 鹤立鸡群hè lì jī qúna crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common; manifestly superior
• 种群zhǒng qúnpopulation (of a species); community (of animals or plants)
• 鱼群yú qúnshoal of fish
• 消费群xiāo fèi qúnconsumer group
• 子群zǐ qúnsubgroup (math.)
• 客群kè qúnmarket segment
• 干群gàn qúncadres and masses; party officials and ordinary people
• 星群xīng qún(astronomy) asterism
• 马群mǎ qúnherd of horses
• 并系群bìng xì qúnparaphyletic group
• 主车群zhǔ chē qúnpeloton (main group of riders in a bicycle race)
• 代数群dài shù qúnalgebraic group (math.)
• 功能群gōng néng qún(ecology) functional group
• 喜群游xǐ qún yóu(ichthyology) gregarious

Characters built on 君

These share the phonetic component 君 (jūn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 裙qún(bound form) skirt
• 郡jùncanton; county; region
• 捃jùngather; to sort

Characters that look like 群

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 鲜xiānfresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 辞cíto resign; to dismiss; to decline
• 辟pìpenal law; variant of 辟
• 脾píspleen
• 酥sūflaky pastry; crunchy; limp
• 榫sǔn(cabinetmaking) tenon

Sounds the same

Read qún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 裙(bound form) skirt
• 麇(literary) in large numbers; thronging