郷 — kanji meaning “home town”
郷
home town, village, native place, district
- Meanings
- home town, village, native place, district
- On'yomi
- キョウ (kyou)、ゴウ (gou)
- Kun'yomi
- さと
- Name readings
- くに
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1077 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 163
- Chinese reading
- xiāng
Words with 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 |
| 故郷 | こきょう kokyou | hometown; birthplace; native place |
| 帰郷 | ききょう kikyou | homecoming; return to one's home |
| 同郷 | どうきょう doukyou | (being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.) |
| 理想郷 | りそうきょう risoukyou | ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia |
| 望郷 | ぼうきょう boukyou | homesickness; nostalgia |
| 温泉郷 | おんせんきょう onsenkyou | hot-spring village; onsen village |
| 異郷 | いきょう ikyou | foreign country; foreign land; strange land |
| 水郷 | すいごう suigou | beautiful riverside location; lakeside district; canal district |
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