郷
郷 — Home town
home town, village, native place, district
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
On’yomiゴウ (gou)
Kun’yomiさと (sato)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 郷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 故郷 | ふるさと furusato | hometown; birthplace; native place |
| 郷土 | きょうど kyoudo | native place; birth-place; one's old home |
| 郷里 | きょうり kyouri | hometown; birthplace |
| 郷愁 | きょうしゅう kyoushuu | nostalgia; homesickness |
| 同郷 | どうきょう doukyou | (being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.) |
| 故郷 | こきょう kokyou | hometown; birthplace; native place |
Study notes
郷 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1077 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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