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郡

jùn

Character

What 郡 means

1. canton
2. county
3. region

Words starting with 郡

• 郡守jùn shǒusenior provincial official in imperial China
• 郡会jùn huìcounty capital
• 郡望jùn wàngchoronym…
• 郡治jùn zhìseat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China
• 郡治安官jùn zhì ān guānsheriff

Words containing 郡

• 吉州郡Jí zhōu jùnKilju county in North Hamgyeong province, North Korea
• 日南郡Rì nán jùnHan dynasty province in Vietnam
• 林肯郡Lín kěn jùnLincolnshire (English county)
• 柏克郡Bó kè jùnBerkshire (English county)
• 乐浪郡Lè làng jùnLelang commandery (108 BC-313 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
• 永嘉郡Yǒng jiā jùnYongjia prefecture in Zhejiang
• 牛津郡Niú jīn jùnOxfordshire (English county)
• 真番郡Zhēn pān jùnZhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
• 约克郡Yuē kè jùnYorkshire (English region)
• 萨里郡Sà lǐ jùnSurrey (county in south England)
• 威尔特郡Wēi ěr tè jùnWiltshire (English county)
• 白金汉郡Bái jīn hàn jùnBuckinghamshire (English county)
• 莱斯特郡Lái sī tè jùnLeicestershire, English county
• 兰开夏郡Lán kāi xià jùnLancashire (English county)
• 诺丁汉郡Nuò dīng hàn jùnNottinghamshire (English county)
• 赫福特郡Hè fú tè jùnHertfordshire (English county)
• 非都会郡fēi dū huì jùnnon-metropolitan county (England)
• 格洛斯特郡Gé luò sī tè jùnGloucestershire county in southwest England
• 萨默塞特郡Sà mò sài tè JùnSomerset County in southwest England
• 西米德兰兹郡Xī mǐ dé lán zī jùnWest Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰
• 临屯郡Lín tún JùnLintun Commandery (108 BC–c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
• 玄菟郡Xuán tù jùnXuantu commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
• 汉四郡Hàn sì jùnfour Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD

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.

• 群qúngroup; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc
• 裙qún(bound form) skirt
• 捃jùngather; to sort

Characters that look like 郡

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 郎láng(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 郁yù(bound form) strongly fragrant
• 郑zhèngused in 郑重
• 郯Tánsurname Tan; name of an ancient city
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read jùn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 俊smart; eminent; handsome
• 峻(of mountains) high; harsh or severe
• 骏spirited horse
• 菌mushroom
• 浚to dredge (a river)
• 珺beautiful jade
• 竣complete; finish
• 晙(literary) early morning; (literary) bright; (used in names)
• 焌to set fire to; to ignite
• 畯overseer; steppe
• 馂(literary) leftovers (of a meal); (literary) to eat leftovers
• 捃gather; to sort