群 qún group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc

Made up of [羊 yáng sheep; goat radical 123, 君 jūn monarch; lord; gentleman ]
This measure word can be used with these nouns: 鸟 niǎo (bird)

Note

Combination of 'monarch' and 'sheep' so suggests all inclusiveness 'group' or 'crowd'
Number of strokes: 13

Related characters

Also uses 羊 yáng component: 美 měi (beautiful) 鲜 xiān (fresh)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

害群之马 hài qún zhī mǎ The bad person of the family
鹤立鸡群 hè lì jī qún Being conspicuously different (often superior)

Wed 15^th May

Beijing mega-airport prepares for opening

Beijing already has the world's second busiest airport - Beijing Capital International. As traffic continues to expand a huge new airport has been built at Daxing (Beijing Daxing International) which is a little further out from the capital - in fact on the border of Beijing metropolitan area with Hebei province 27 miles south of central Beijing. It covers 47 square kilometers and is due to be formally opened in June before taking passenger aircraft in September.

On May 14th the first aircraft have tested it out for landing (just crew without passengers). Four different types were used (Boeing 747-8, Airbus 350, Airbus 380 and Boeing 787-9) to check suitability for all the current types large aircraft. A new expressway has been built to the airport which will have seven runways. It is expected to handle 45 million passengers by 2021 and 72 million by 2025.

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