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鄉
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
乡
🇨🇳
郷
🇯🇵

countryside

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Space
xiāng
キョウ、ゴウ
さと
hyang
Pictograph of two people facing each other, kneeling down to share a meal. Based on the original meaning "feast" or "offer food", now written as 饗. The meaning later shifted to "hometown".
Components
Traditional (鄉)
卩 person kneeling+ 飠 radical+ 卩 person kneeling =
鄉 countryside
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling
seal
Depicts a kneeling person facing right.
飠 Iconic component
radical
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling
seal
Depicts a kneeling person facing left.
Japanese (郷)
𨙵 walk variant =
郷 countryside
𨙵
𨙵
walk variant
Notes
Similar Characters
乡 hometown (simp)兇 cruel (trad)危 danger却 still (simp)卷 exam paper卻 withdraw (trad)叩 ask丞 aid令 orders光 ray卬 raise印 print即 immediately呪 damn咒 curse妃 spouse巽 obedient御 imperial承 undertake祝 wish well
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
郷
Regular
Modern
Chinese
乡 / 鄉 [xiāng]
country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
Japanese
郷 きょう 同音

noun

  1. hometown
  2. rural township (of China)
郷 ごう 同音

noun

  1. countryside; country
  2. 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
郷 あきら
Akira unclassified name
郷 きょう
Kyō female given namesurname
郷 きょうじ
Kyōji unclassified name
郷 ごいち
Goichi place name
郷 ごう
Gou surnamegiven name
郷 ごうじ
Gouji unclassified name
郷 ごお
Goo surname
郷 さと
Sato female given namesurname
郷 さとし
Satoshi given name
郷 さとゆき
Satoyuki unclassified name
郷 たかざと
Takazato surname
郷 みさと
Misato place namesurnamefemale given name
郷 やなさと
Yanasato surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
乡村 [xiāng​cūn] #3,166
rustic
家乡 [jiā​xiāng] #3,987
hometown
乡下 [xiāng​xia] #5,507
countryside
城乡 [chéng​xiāng] #54,394
city and countryside
乡镇 [xiāng​zhèn] #39,617
village
故乡 [gù​xiāng] #9,222
home
乡巴佬 [xiāng​bā​lǎo] #8,163
(derog.) villager
老乡 [lǎo​xiāng] #20,046
fellow townsman
乡下人 [xiāng​xià​rén] #13,611
country folk
乡间 [xiāng​jiān] #14,763
in the country
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JAPANESE WORDS (78)
里 [さと] #8,218
village
⭐ 郷里 [きょうり] #23,543
hometown
⭐ 郷愁 [きょうしゅう] #23,749
nostalgia
郷 [きょう] #23,803
hometown
⭐ 同郷 [どうきょう] #24,237
same village
本郷 [ほんごう] #25,405
one's hometown
生まれ故郷 [うまれこきょう] #26,960
one's birthplace
理想郷 [りそうきょう] #28,427
ideal land
帰郷 [ききょう] #28,706
homecoming
⭐ 郷土 [きょうど] #33,779
native place
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