郡

郡 U+90E1, 郡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90E1
← 郠
[U+90E0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 郢 →
[U+90E2]

Translingual

Han character

郡 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸口弓中 (SRNL), four-corner 17627, composition ⿰君阝)

Derived characters
  • 𠹴, 㴫, 𦄄, 𩺐, 𡩫, 𦵼, 𤹓

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1272, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39436
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1770, character 28
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3775, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+90E1

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 郡

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (君) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涒 *l̥ʰuːn
麏 *krun
莙 *krun, *ɡrunʔ, *klun
輑 *kʰrun
蜠 *kʰrun, *ɡrunʔ
峮 *kʰrun
窘 *ɡrunʔ
僒 *ɡrunʔ
君 *klun
桾 *klun
宭 *klun, *ɡlun
鮶 *klun
捃 *kluns
群 *ɡlun
羣 *ɡlun
裙 *ɡlun
裠 *ɡlun
帬 *ɡlun
焄 *qʰlun
郡 *ɡluns

Etymology

Perhaps related to Tibetan ཁུལ (khul, “district; province”) (Gong, 1995).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 郡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30)
Final (韻) 文 (59)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 渠運切
Baxter gjunH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡɨunH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiunH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiuənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /gunH/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiuənH/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭuənH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯uənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jùn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 gwan6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 郡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jùn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjunH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ɡ]ur-s/
English district

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 郡
Reading # 1/1
No. 7302
Phonetic
component		 君
Rime
group		 文
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 郡
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡluns/

Definitions

郡

  1. (historical) An administrative subdivision of imperial China of various status over the centuries, usually translated as commandery or prefecture
  2. a kind of administrative division
    1. (in Japan) district (second level division that has no administrative power since 1926, only serves as geographical reference)
    2. (in North and South Korea) county (second level division covering rural areas)
    3. (in the UK) shire (former administrative area of Britain)
      柴郡  ―  cháijùn  ―  Cheshire
    4. (in Vietnam) quận
      第八郡 [Cantonese]  ―  dai6 baat3 gwan6 [Jyutping]  ―  District 8
  3. a surname
  • (governor of the commandery): 郡守 (jùnshǒu), 太守 (tàishǒu)

Compounds
  • 州郡 (zhōujùn)
  • 巴陵郡
  • 延平郡王 (Yánpíng Jùnwáng)
  • 涿郡 (Zhuō-jùn)
  • 蜀郡
  • 象郡
  • 跨州越郡
  • 遙郡／遥郡
  • 邊郡／边郡
  • 郡丞
  • 郡主 (jùnzhǔ)
  • 郡侯
  • 郡公 (jùngōng)
  • 郡君
  • 郡國制／郡国制
  • 郡守 (jùnshǒu)
  • 郡尉
  • 郡府
  • 郡庠
  • 郡望
  • 郡王 (jùnwáng)
  • 郡縣／郡县 (jùnxiàn)
  • 郡邑
  • 郡馬／郡马

Japanese

Kanji
郡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. county
  2. district

Readings

Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
郡
ぐん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 郡 (MC gjunH).

Pronunciation

Noun

郡(ぐん) • (gun) ←ぐん (gun)?

  1. county, district
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
郡
こおり
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 郡 – see the following entry.
【こおり】
[noun] (archaic) county, district
Alternative spelling
評
(This term, 郡, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

郡 (eumhun 고을 군 (go'eul gun))

  1. Hanja form? of 군 (“county; district”).

Vietnamese

Han character

郡: Hán Nôm readings: quận, quặn, quấn, quẩn, quạnh

  1. urban district (quận)
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