Chinese

人群

/ɻən³⁵ t͡ɕʰyn³⁵/
crowd; drove (of people); demographic; population (group of people)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 7
  • 人羣

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  • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese群 “group; crowd; flock; herd; pack”
    • soundChinese君 “sovereign; monarch; ruler; chief; prince; lord”
      • soundChinese尹 “to govern; oversee”
        • ideaChinese丿 “left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇”
        • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”
      • meaningChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
    • meaningChinese羊 “caprid (e.g. sheep, goat, antelope, etc.) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)”

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