【析形】形声字。金文、小篆字形从羊,君声。羊性好群,故从羊。隶书字形变后改从左右结构。 【释义】《说文》:“辈也。”本义指同类动物聚集而成的群。引申后,同类物聚在一起都可称群。又泛指会合。聚在一起,数量就多,又有众多义,如[群众]、[群山]、[群居]。 【shape analysis】It is the pictophonetic character. In Bronze Inscriptions and small seac script the meaningful part is羊(yáng,sheep)and the phonetic component is君(jūn).The sheep is like getting together so its meaningful part is 羊(yáng). 【original meaning】 Referring to the same species gathered together.