Chinese symbol for “canton”
郡
jùn
canton; county; region
The closest CC-CEDICT match for canton is 郡 (jùn), defined as: canton; county; region.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “canton”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 州 | zhōu | prefecture; (old) province |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 郡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 郡守 | jùn shǒu | senior provincial official in imperial China |
| 郡治 | jùn zhì | seat of the principal county magistrate in imperial China |
| 郡望 | jùn wàng | choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a surname-choronym combination) (For example, the T |
| 郡会 (郡會) | jùn huì | county capital |
| 郡治安官 | jùn zhì ān guān | sheriff |
| 非都会郡 (非都會郡) | fēi dū huì jùn | non-metropolitan county (England) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “canton”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.