群体
qúntǐ · HSK 5
community
👥 群 = flock/herd + 体 = body; a body of many = a group
群 (qún) means flock, herd, or crowd; 体 (tǐ) means body or entity. Together they form a 'collective body' — a population, community, or grouping of people sharing some quality.
群 — 君 jūn (phonetic) + 羊 sheep (semantic)
群 is a phono-semantic compound. The 羊 (sheep) component gives the meaning — sheep naturally gather in flocks — while 君 (jūn) supplies the sound. From the literal sense of a flock, the meaning broadened to any group, crowd, or cluster of people or things.