HSK 5 · Function Words

群 qún “group” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 群 means

  1. group
  2. crowd
  3. flock
  4. measure word for groups
  5. flock, herd, pack etc

How to say 群

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale群qún2nd tone, rising

群 in a sentence

  1. 公园里有一大群人。

    Gōngyuán lǐ yǒu yí dà qún rén.

    There was a big crowd in the park.

    Sentence #2000396 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 一群人等着见他。

    Yì qún rén děng zhe jiàn tā.

    A crowd of people was waiting to see him.

    Sentence #14067872 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 羊群在草地上吃着草。

    Yáng qún zài cǎodì shàng chī zhe cǎo.

    A flock of sheep is grazing in the meadow.

    Sentence #1016761 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 群 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 群 (qún) with each of its parts in a different colour
群qúngroup
  • 君sovereign · jūnSound part
  • 羊sheep · yángMeaning part

羊 hints at the meaning (sheep); 君 (jūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qún.

How to write 群

群 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

群 (qún) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 群 (qún). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 群

Words with 群

群众qúnzhòng · the masses

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FAQs

群 (qún) means “group” or “crowd”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qún: qún with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 群 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qun with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 群 from the suggestions. Typing qun into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
群 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.