郷

hometown; home town; village; native place; district

11 strokes. Taught in grade 6. Newspaper frequency rank 1077.

Readings

• キョウ (on reading): 故郷 (こきょう) hometown; 郷里 (きょうり) hometown
• ゴウ (on reading): 郷 (ごう) countryside; 郷社 (ごうしゃ) village shrine
• さと (kun reading): 無何有の郷 (むかうのさと) utopia

Components

• 卿
• ⻏
• 幺 radical short thread
• ⻏ radical village, right-side form of 邑
• 艮 radical stopping; stubborn

Kanji containing 郷

• 響 echo
• 饗 banquet
• 嚮 guide

Words using 郷

• 故郷 (こきょう) hometown
• 郷里 (きょうり) hometown
• 郷土 (きょうど) native place
• 帰郷 (ききょう) homecoming
• 同郷 (どうきょう) (being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
• 郷 (ごう) countryside
• 郷社 (ごうしゃ) village shrine
• 郷士 (ごうし) country samurai
• 郷村 (ごうそん) villages
• 在郷 (ざいごう) being in one's hometown
• 無何有の郷 (むかうのさと) utopia

77 words in all.

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