Dong Chinese dictionary

qún

group, flock

Phonosemantic compound. 羊 represents the meaning and 君 represents the sound.

Components

君 Sound component

jūn

ruler

羊 Meaning component

yáng

sheep

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qún

(same as U+7FA3 羣) group, crowd, multitude, mob; group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc

qún

variant of 群[qún]

Most common words with 群

Sources