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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
  2. village
  3. native place
  4. district
  5. hometownRtK
  1. nostalgia
  2. homesickness

Popular Usage

故郷郷愁郷里

Radicals and components

Radical邑cityComponents

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
故郷こきょう
hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home
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.)

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 郷

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