郷

See also: 鄕, 鄉, and 乡

郷 U+90F7, 郷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F7 ← 郶 [U+90F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 郸 → [U+90F8]

Translingual

Traditional	鄉
Simplified	乡
Japanese	郷
Korean	鄕

Han character

郷 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹日戈中 (VHAIL), composition ⿲乡⿲𠄌𫜹丶阝)

Derived characters

• 響, 饗

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1273, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39498
• Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3782, character 7
• Unihan data for U+90F7

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 郷 – see 鄉 (“township; countryside; country; rural area; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 鄉).

Japanese

Shinjitai	郷
Kyūjitai	鄕

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 郷

郷

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鄕)

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō, Jōyō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kun: さと (sato, 郷)
• Nanori: くに (kuni)、こう (kō)、みさと (misato)

Compounds

• 郷(きょう)里(り) (kyōri, “one's old home”)
• 郷(きょう)土(ど) (kyōdo, “one's birthplace”)
• 郷(きょう)愁(しゅう) (kyōshū, “homesickness, nostalgia”)
• 故(こ)郷(きょう) (kokyō, “hometown, birthplace”)
• 帰(き)郷(きょう) (kikyō, “homecoming”)
• 愛(あい)郷(きょう)心(しん) (aikyōshin, “love of one's hometown”)
• 同(どう)郷(きょう)人(じん) (dōkyōjin, “person from the same province”)
• 本(ほん)郷(ごう) (hongō)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
郷
きょう Grade: 6
kan'on

Alternative spelling
鄕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) きょー [kyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ː]

Noun

郷(きょう) • (kyō) ^{←きやう (kyau)?}

1. hometown

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
郷
ごう Grade: 6
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
鄕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ごー [góꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɡo̞ː]

Noun

郷(ごう) • (gō) ^{←がう (gau)?}

1. country home, village, countryside, township

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
郷
さと Grade: 6
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
鄕 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 郷 – see the following entry.

【里さと】2 [noun] a village [noun] a country house [noun] one's hometown [noun] the country, countryside [noun] the original home of a household member (such as a wife, adoptee, or other person who has joined the household from outside) [noun] a separate home or boarding situation to which one's own children are sent for upbringing or education [noun] a red-light district [noun] one's birth, parentage, origins [noun] (slang, red-light district) boorishness, hickishness [noun] the lay world (as opposed to life within a temple) [adjective] (slang, red-light district) boorish, hickish [proper noun] a placename [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a female given name

(This term, 郷, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

郷 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)

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