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TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
羣 character · B2
羣 ＝ 羊 ＋ 君
ㄑㄩㄣˊ · qún
noun — flock, herd, group, crowd

字源 FORM — what the parts do

羊義a sheep — the animal that moves in flocks
君聲jūn — gives the sounda hand holding a staff (尹) over a mouth (口): the one who commands
IFTjūn → qún — the sound drifted off the donor
A sheep (羊) and 君: sheep keep to a flock, and the flock is the sense. 君 jūn carries the sound, worn to qún. From the herd, any group, crowd, or community: 羊羣、羣眾、羣體.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一隻羊（羊）後面跟著一大片——這就是一羣。
One sheep (羊), and a whole spread of them behind it — that is a flock.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)羊羣、獸羣— a flock, herd常用
→羣眾、羣體— crowd, group常用
⇒羣居、合羣— to live in community
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
群＝ 君 ＋ 羊qúnthe same word, components stacked side by side instead of top-and-bottom君jūnthe phonetic alone — hand and staff over a mouth, the ruler