郷 — home town, village, native place

ごう郷 home town

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+90F7 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1077 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1993 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

home town
village
native place
district

word

こう・ごう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

郷(ごう) gou hometown

きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

故(こ) 郷(きょう) kokyou hometown 郷(きょう) 土(ど) kyoudo homeland

Appears in idioms

郷に入っては郷に従え諺

entering the village, obey the village

郷に入っては郷に従え諺

entering the village, obey the village

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Components

Composed of

乡 village (simplified)

艮 stopping

邑 city

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ひびき響 echo

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#163 邑 city

郷 — home town, village, native place

Meanings

word

こう・ごう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

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郷 — home town, village, native place

Meanings

word

こう ・ごう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (1)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

こう・ごう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).