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The character "郡" has an administrative history, originally formed from the components "君" (sovereign) and "邑" (settlement or city), compositionally denoting a territory governed by a ruler. In its early usage, it represented a feudal district or commandery, a regional division larger than a county, established during the Zhou and Qin dynasties as a key unit of territorial control. Over centuries, its application shifted from these larger feudal or military jurisdictions to become a standard term for a county, a secondary-level division within a province, reflecting a change in administrative scale and function while retaining its core concept of a governed territory. The traditional form of the character remains structurally consistent with its ancient composition.
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这个郡以美丽的风景闻名。
古代中国有很多郡和县。
他是这个郡新上任的郡守。
郡主在郡王府里接待了客人。
这个郡的行政级别相当于现在的地级市。
该郡下辖十五个县，人口稠密。
秦始皇统一后在全国推行郡县制。
历史学家正在研究汉代该郡的人口迁徙情况。