The kanji 郷: meaning, readings and stroke order
郷
- Meaning
- hometown
- On reading
- キョウ kyou、ゴウ gou
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 邑 town
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 鄕
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- quê hương (hương)
- Japanese
- ふるさと。いなか。
- Korean
- 고향 (향)
- Chinese
- 家乡、故乡 (乡)
Readings, words and example sentences
キョウ kyou · on reading
郷土
hometown, local area
郷土の 料理を 作ります。
We cook local dishes from our area.
ゴウ gou · on reading · less common
水郷
town of rivers and canals
水郷の 町を たずねます。
I visit a town full of rivers and canals.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.