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群 = 君 + 羊

群 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “flock”. It is built from 君 (old boy) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1247.

Keyword
flock
RTK frame
1247
Strokes
13
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
グン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
む.れる, む.れ, むら, むら.がる
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
стадо
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
群 group

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 君 old boy
  2. 羊 sheep

How to find 群 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “old boy” + “sheep”. 群 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 群 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.