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郷

home town
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingキョウ、ゴウ
Kun readingさと
JōyōGrade 6KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. home town
    彼は私に会いにはるばる彼の故郷から来てくれた。He came to see me all the way from his hometown.tatoeba
    郷里制に変わった。This was the shift to the gorisei (township-neighborhood system).wiki
  2. village
    715年には郷里制が実施された。In 715, the Empress enforced the village system (which is known as 'gori-sei' or 'kyori-sei' in Japanese).wiki
  3. native place
  4. district
  5. hometownRtK
  1. japanese league
  2. ri
  3. old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles
  4. neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system
  5. orig. of 50 homes)
  6. unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)

Popular Usage

故郷郷愁郷里

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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home town · cocoon · silver (金) · city walls

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1993

Compound words

故郷ふるさと
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins
郷愁きょうしゅう
nostalgia; homesickness
郷里きょうり
hometown; birthplace
郷土きょうど
native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region
同郷どうきょう
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
愛郷あいきょう
love for one's hometown
異郷いきょう
foreign country
家郷かきょう
one's homeland
郷軍ごうぐん
veteran
郷邑きょうゆう
hamlet
愛郷心あいきょうしん
love of one's hometown
桃源郷とうげんきょう
earthly paradise
郷土小説きょうどしょうせつ
local story
郷土料理きょうどりょうり
regional cuisine
郷に入っては郷に従えごうにいってはごうにしたがえ
when in Rome, do as the Romans do

On Reading Examples

久しぶりに故郷に帰ると、懐かしい気持ちが込み上がる。こきょう
Returning to your hometown after a long time fills you with nostalgia.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は再び故郷には帰らぬ運命だった。ふるさと
He was never to return to his hometown.tatoeba
彼は故郷を去って２度と戻らなかった。ふるさと
He left home never to return.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は再び故郷には帰らぬ運命だった。
He was never to return to his hometown.tatoeba
彼は故郷を去って２度と戻らなかった。
He left home never to return.tatoeba
郷里制に変わった。
This was the shift to the gorisei (township-neighborhood system).wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 郷

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