| 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. |
| RTK Index | 1849 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade6, kanjifreq1001-1500
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