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Kanji Detail for 郷 - "hometown, village, district"

  • Meaning

    郷 means "hometown, village, district."

    1. Hometown - One's native place; birthplace.

    2. Village - A rural community; countryside.

    3. District - An administrative area.

  • Words using

    • 郷土 きょうど Listen native place; birth-place; one's old home
    • 郷里 きょうり Listen hometown; birthplace
    • 郷愁 きょうしゅう Listen nostalgia; homesickness
    • 同郷 どうきょう Listen (being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
    • 故郷 こきょう Listen hometown; birthplace; native place
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 近郷近在 きんごうきんざい Listen surrounding country; neighboring villages
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    • Verified meaning: hometown, village, district
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, きょう, きょうじ, ごう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (きょう)Listen (ごう)Listen (さと)Listen (さとし)Listen (みさと)Listen

    Surnames (あきら)Listen (きょうじ)Listen (ごうじ)Listen (ごお)Listen (さとゆき)Listen (たかざと)Listen (やなさと)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    home town; village; native place; district

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    country; rural; village

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 鄉|乡
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
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Sentences including

  • He never fails to write home once a month.

  • Does he often call his parents at home?

  • I returned to my home this spring.

  • We visited his home country for the first time.

  • Tom went back to his hometown.

  • He dreamed about his home.

  • I wrote a letter to my parents at home.

  • I sometimes dream of home.

  • This is the village where i was born.

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