The kanji 群 primarily conveys the meaning of "group," "crowd," "flock," or "cluster." It suggests a collection of things or individuals gathered together. This can refer to animals, people, objects, or even abstract concepts like stars or ideas. The core idea is that of a multitude forming a collective unit.

・On-yomi (音読み): グン (gun) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): むら (mura)

⚫︎ 群れ (mure) Translation: a group; a flock; a herd; a swarm ⚫︎ 群衆 (gunshuu) Translation: a crowd; the masses ⚫︎ 群馬県 (Gunma-ken) Translation: Gunma Prefecture (a prefecture in Japan)

The kanji 群 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字; keisei moji). The left side of the character is a radical related to sheep or flocks (羊, ひつじ, hitsuji). The right side is a phonetic component (君, くん, kun), which provides a hint about the sound and originally related to "ruler" or "lord". The combination suggests "a group under the guidance of a leader" or "a flock gathered together," thus the meaning "group" or "crowd." Over time, the association with sheep diminished, but the fundamental notion of a gathering remained.