Kanji
郡
N1
10 strokes
Grade 4
freq #965
county, district
On'yomi (音読み)
グン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
こおり
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
郡
ぐん
district; county
郡部
ぐんぶ
rural districts; counties
共産国家郡
きょうさんこっかぐん
Communist bloc
郡代
ぐんだい
district acting shugo (in the Muromachi period); deputy military governor (of a district)
市区郡
しくぐん
cities, wards and districts
国郡
こくぐん
provinces and districts
郡家
ぐんけ
district governor's office (ritsuryō period)
郡民
ぐんみん
district resident; inhabitant of a county
郡境
ぐんきょう
county boundary; district border
郡司
ぐんじ
district governor (under the ritsuryō system)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
マディソン郡の橋
マディソンぐんのはし
The Bridges of Madison County (1992 novel by Robert James Waller, 1995 film)
郡山女子大学
こおりやまじょしだいがく
Koriyama Women's University
郡造
こおりのみやつこ
director of a district (ritsuryō system)
Example sentences
これは豊（ほう）能（のう）郡（ぐん）の地図（ちず）です。
This is a map of the Toyono district.