(jùn): canton, county

(jùn) is a Chinese character meaning “canton.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical (mound). It ranks #2003 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: mound9 strokesFrequency #2003

Definitions

  1. canton
  2. county

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
gé luò sī tè jùnGloucestershire county in southwest England
bái jīn hàn jùnBuckinghamshire (English county)
lín kěn jùnLincolnshire (English county)
fēi dū huì jùnnon-metropolitan county (England)
nounjùn zhì ān guānsheriff
wēi ěr tè jùnWiltshire (English county)
lái sī tè jùnLeicestershire, English county
rì nán jùnHan dynasty province in Vietnam
jùn huìcounty capital
proper-nounyuē kè jùnYorkshire (English region)
sà lǐ jùnSurrey (county in south England)
nounjùn wàngchoronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combinati...
proper-nounhàn sì jùnfour Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
lán kāi xià jùnLancashire (English county)
西xī mǐ dé lán zī jùnWest Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰
28
Total compounds
18
As first character
82
As last character
0
As middle character

appears in 28 compound words: 18 as the first character, 82 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

0.70010 co-occurrences
yán
0.63510 co-occurrences
kěn
0.59610 co-occurrences
nǎo
0.53610 co-occurrences
yīng
0.41710 co-occurrences
bào
0.41710 co-occurrences
0.38110 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

写好字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。

xiě hǎo jùn zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhèng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .

To write the character "郡" correctly, you need to master the correct stroke order.

少数派Aug 2026

于是,2026 年的今天,四姐妹需要前往韩国高兴,经营一家乡村年糕店。

yú shì , 2 0 2 6 nián de jīn tiān , sì jiě mèi xū yāo qián wǎng hán guó gāo xīng jùn , jīng yíng yī jiā xiāng cūn nián gāo diàn .

So, today in 2026, the four sisters need to travel to Gyeongheung County, South Korea, to run a rural rice cake shop.

中国新闻网·文化Jul 2026

出使前后,汉代相继设武威、酒泉、张掖、敦煌四,中原与西域遣使通商日益频繁。

chū shǐ qián hòu , hàn dài xiāng jì shè wǔ wēi , jiǔ quán , zhāng 掖 , dūn huáng sì jùn , zhōng yuán yǔ xī yù qiǎn shǐ tōng shāng rì yì pín fán .

Before and after these diplomatic missions, the Han Dynasty successively established the four commanderies of Wuwei, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Dunhuang, and trade missions between the Central Plains and the Western Regions became increasingly frequent.

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bā jùn ( B R K . B . U S ) fā háng jià zhí 1 7 yì měi yuán rì . . .

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yīng kěn tè jùn bào qīn rù xìng nǎo mó yán 2 0 míng huàn zhě zhōng 2 rén 殁 bù fēn . . .

Invasive meningitis outbreak in Kent; 2 of 20 patients have died; some...

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英国肯特爆脑膜炎疫情 2学生死亡 当局为大学宿生...

yīng guó kěn tè jùn bào nǎo mó yán yì qíng 2 xué shēng sǐ wáng dāng jú wéi dà xué sù shēng . . .

Meningitis Outbreak in Kent, UK: Two Students Die; Authorities Take Measures for University Residents...

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 郡 (jùn) mean in Chinese?
郡 (jùn) primarily means "canton." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2003 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 郡 have?
郡 is written with 9 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 郡?
The radical associated with 郡 is 阝 (mound). This radical appears in many characters related to mound.
What are common words containing 郡?
Common words with 郡 include: 格洛斯特郡 (gé luò sī tè jùn, "Gloucestershire county in southwest England"); 白金汉郡 (bái jīn hàn jùn, "Buckinghamshire (English county)"); 林肯郡 (lín kěn jùn, "Lincolnshire (English county)"); 非都会郡 (fēi dū huì jùn, "non-metropolitan county (England)"); 郡治安官 (jùn zhì ān guān, "sheriff"). There are over 28 compound words containing this character.
Is 郡 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 郡 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.