郡 (jùn): canton, county

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

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 阝 mound9 strokesFrequency #2003

Definitions

  1. canton
  2. county

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
格洛斯特郡gé luò sī tè jùnGloucestershire county in southwest England
白金汉郡bái jīn hàn jùnBuckinghamshire (English county)
林肯郡lín kěn jùnLincolnshire (English county)
非都会郡fēi dū huì jùnnon-metropolitan county (England)
郡治安官jùn zhì ān guānsheriff
威尔特郡wēi ěr tè jùnWiltshire (English county)
西米德兰兹郡xī mǐ dé lán zī jùnWest Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰[Bo2 ming2 han4]
日南郡rì nán jùnHan dynasty province in Vietnam
约克郡yuē kè jùnYorkshire (English region)
兰开夏郡lán kāi xià jùnLancashire (English county)
萨默塞特郡sà mò sài tè jùnSomerset County in southwest England
萨里郡sà lǐ jùnSurrey (county in south England)
汉四郡hàn sì jùnfour Han commanderies in north Korea 108 BC-c. 300 AD
赫福特郡hè fú tè jùnHertfordshire (English county)
郡会jùn huìcounty capital
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Total compounds
18
As first character
82
As last character
0
As middle character

郡 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.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

写好郡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.

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英肯特郡爆侵入性脑膜炎 20名患者中2人殁 部分...

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

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英国肯特郡爆脑膜炎疫情 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 . . .

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.