群 (qún) — group, crowd, flock

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字

群 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

群＝君＋羊

ㄑㄩㄣˊ · qún

noun — group, crowd, flock

字源 FORM — what the parts do

君聲jūn — gives the sounda staff-holding hand over a mouth — the one whose word commands

{j,q,x}ITjūn → qún — j slides to q within the family; tone rises

羊義sheep — the flock

Sheep (羊) under 君 jūn — the sound, j worn to q. One sheep is a sheep; together they are 群, the flock — and people flock the same way: 人群、群眾、一群朋友.

哨聲一響，散在坡上的羊（羊）滾成一團白。

One whistle, and the sheep (羊) scattered on the slope roll into a single ball of white.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)羊群— the flock

→人群、群眾— a crowd of people常用

→一群— the measure for crowds and flocks

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension