Question

郷 さと home town, village, native place, district 1 1077 11 163 むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう 会意 Compound Ideographic Your hometown is where you broke out of your cocoon (born), and where you left when your hair was silver (died), your whole life was spent inside the city walls.

Accepted Answer

キョウ、ゴウ くに 郷里(きょうり): birth-place; home town郷愁(きょうしゅう): nostalgia; homesickness郷土(きょうど): native place; birth-place; one's old home 6 幺: short thread radical (no. 52)艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138)邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163) 邑 7 鄕 hometown Your home town is where you earned enough silver to enable you to break out of your giant cocoon (leave home) and explore outside the city walls.

Kanji	郷
Onyomi	キョウ、ゴウ
Kunyomi	さと
Nanori	くに
English	home town, village, native place, district
Examples	郷里(きょうり): birth-place; home town 郷愁(きょうしゅう): nostalgia; homesickness 郷土(きょうど): native place; birth-place; one's old home
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	6
Frequency	1077
Components	幺: short thread radical (no. 52) 艮: northeast (Oriental zodiac); stopping; good radical (no. 138) 邑: village; rural community; right village radical (no. 163)
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	邑
Radical Number	163
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	むら・おおざと・おおざとづくり・ゆう
Traditional Form	鄕
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	hometown
Koohii Story 1	Your hometown is where you broke out of your cocoon (born), and where you left when your hair was silver (died), your whole life was spent inside the city walls.
Koohii Story 2	Your home town is where you earned enough silver to enable you to break out of your giant cocoon (leave home) and explore outside the city walls.

Home Radical Native Birth Place Town Hometown Cocoon Silver