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郡 = 君 + ⻏

郡 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “county”. It is built from 君 (old boy) and ⻏ (walls). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1986.

Keyword
county
RTK frame
1986
Strokes
10
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
グン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
こおり
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
округ
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
郡 administrative division

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 君 old boy
  2. ⻏ walls

Alternative decomposition

  1. 君 old boy
  2. 阝 pinnacle

How to find 郡 without knowing its reading

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

Open 郡 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.