county, district
郡 centers on a territorial division: a county or district, typically a subdivision of a larger region.
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.
A lord (君) stands beside a village (⻏), ruling over the county. Picture a feudal lord surveying his district from a hilltop village.
For グン, imagine a group of counties united under one lord: group -> グン, and the lord governs the district.
district; county
district governor (under the ritsuryō system)
rural districts; counties
The Bridges of Madison County (1992 novel by Robert James Waller, 1995 film)
Communist bloc
provinces and districts
province-district-neighbourhood administrative divisions (ritsuryō system)
cities, wards and districts
district acting shugo (in the Muromachi period); deputy military governor (of a district)
county sheriff
Gunnai silk weaving
county system
county boundary; district border
district governor's office (ritsuryō period)
Koriyama Women's University
county seat; parish seat; borough seat; county town
county offices
district resident; inhabitant of a county
counties and prefectures
county and prefecture system