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Kotomora

郡

county, district

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • グン

Kun'yomi

  • こおり

Meaning

郡 centers on a territorial division: a county or district, typically a subdivision of a larger region.

Most common words using 郡

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  • 郡ぐん
    N2

    district; county

  • 郡司ぐんじ

    district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

  • 郡部ぐんぶ

    rural districts; counties

  • マディソン郡の橋マディソンぐんのはし

    The Bridges of Madison County (1992 novel by Robert James Waller, 1995 film)

  • 共産国家郡きょうさんこっかぐん

    Communist bloc

  • 国郡こくぐん

    provinces and districts

  • 国郡里制こくぐんりせい

    province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)

  • 市区郡しくぐん

    cities, wards and districts

  • 郡代ぐんだい

    district acting shugo (in the Muromachi period); deputy military governor (of a district)

  • 郡保安官ぐんほあんかん

    county sheriff

  • 郡内織ぐんないおり

    Gunnai silk weaving

  • 郡制ぐんせい

    county system

  • 郡境ぐんきょう

    county boundary; district border

  • 郡家ぐんけ

    district governor's office (ritsuryō period)

  • 郡山女子大学こおりやまじょしだいがく

    Koriyama Women's University

  • 郡庁所在地ぐんちょうしょざいち

    county seat; parish seat; borough seat; county town

  • 郡役所ぐんやくしょ

    county offices

  • 郡民ぐんみん

    district resident; inhabitant of a county

  • 郡県ぐんけん

    counties and prefectures

  • 郡県制度ぐんけんせいど

    county and prefecture system

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Etymology

郡 combines 君 (lord, ruler) with the village radical ⻏ (阝), suggesting a territory under a lord's administration. This reflects the historical concept of a county or district governed by a local ruler.

Meaning mnemonic

A lord (君) stands beside a village (⻏), ruling over the county. Picture a feudal lord surveying his district from a hilltop village.

Reading mnemonic

For グン, imagine a group of counties united under one lord: group -> グン, and the lord governs the district.