群 – flock, group, crowd

13 strokesTaught in grade 4#1012 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 群 means flock, group, crowd, herd, swarm, cluster. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is グン (gun); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is む.れる、む.れ、むら、むら.がる (mureru, mure, mura, muragaru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 羊 (no. 123).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	グン	gun
Kun’yomi	む.れる	mureru
Kun’yomi	む.れ	mure
Kun’yomi	むら	mura
Kun’yomi	むら.がる	muragaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 羊 (Kangxi radical 123). Components: 一・王・口・并・羊・ノ・ヨ.

Words using 群

群ぐんgroup群れむれgroup群集ぐんしゅうcrowd群衆ぐんしゅうgroup (of people)群がるむらがるto swarm

Example sentences

牧羊犬が、羊の群を牧場へ連れていく。

A sheep dog drives the flock to the pasture.

Tatoeba #81673

鳥は群れをなして飛んでいた。

The birds were flying in a group.

Tatoeba #125797

群集は嬉しさのあまり歓声を上げた。

The crowd yelled with delight.

Tatoeba #176691

Kanji with the same radical

義美羊羨

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