qún HSK3

group, flock

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approved by Peter Olson · Feb 19, 2022, 04:10 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 19, 2022, 04:10 AM

Variant of .

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjun[g]ur flock, herd, group

說文解字

《說文》:“羣,輩也。从羊,君聲。”

Sources

Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica