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郷

郷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. むら、集落。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「鄕」の異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

home town, village, native place, district

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウElem.
  • ゴウJHS
Kun (native)
  • さと
Nanori (used in names)
  • くに
Other languages
  • 拼音xiang1
  • 한글hyang
  • Hán-ViệtHương

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
邑(おおざと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+90F7

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿲乡⿸𢀳丶阝

Words using this kanji

  • 郷土きょうど生まれ育った土地。 その地方。native place, birth-place, one's old home, province
  • 郷里きょうり集落。村落。 生まれ故郷。 周礼に記される周代の地方制度である郷遂制における郷や遂の集落。hometown, birthplace
  • 郷愁きょうしゅう故郷を離れ、その故郷を思う気持ち。ノスタルジア。 昔の事や過去の事を懐かしく思う気持ち。nostalgia, homesickness
  • 郷土色きょうどしょくlocal color, local colour
  • 郷きょう（ゴウ）律令制下の地方行政組織の一つで、郡の下位に属するもの。 （ゴウ）さと。故郷。hometown, rural township (of China)
  • 郷ごう（ゴウ）律令制下の地方行政組織の一つで、郡の下位に属するもの。 （ゴウ）さと。故郷。countryside, country, 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
  • 郷軍ごうぐんveteran, reservist, ex-soldier
  • 郷士ごうし江戸時代、農村で暮らし農業を営んだ武士。country samurai
  • 郷社ごうしゃかつて設けられた神社の社格の一つで、府県社の下位、村社の上位。village shrine
  • 郷国きょうこく故郷。ふるさと。one's native land
  • 郷党きょうとうふるさと。 同郷の人達や仲間。people from one's hometown
  • 郷関きょうかん他郷と故郷との境界。 故郷。郷里。one's hometown
  • 郷俗きょうぞくvillage customs
  • 郷邑きょうゆうむら。郷里。hamlet, village
  • 郷村ごうそん中世から近世にかけての村落共同体。villages
  • 郷友きょうゆう同郷の友人。friends from the same hometown
  • 郷学ごうがく郷里における学校。village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
  • 郷鎮ごうちんtownship and village enterprises (in China), TVE
  • 郷夢きょうむhomesickness, dreaming of one's hometown
  • 郷校きょうこう郷里における学校。。village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
2772.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2d8.14
Heisig
1993
Nelson
4766