JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 郷: "home town, village, native place"
The kanji 郷 means "home town, village, native place, district". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read キョウ, ゴウ in on'yomi and さと in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キョウゴウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
さと
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | home town, village, native place, district |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 6 |
| Frequency rank | 1077 of 2,501 |
Common words with 郷
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 故郷ville natale, pays natal
- 郷里hometown; birthplace
- 郷countryside; country · 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
- 郷愁nostalgia; homesickness
- 郷hometown · rural township (of China)
- 同郷(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
- 本郷one's hometown
- 生まれ故郷one's birthplace
- 理想郷ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
- 帰郷homecoming; return to one's home
- 郷土native place; birth-place; one's old home · province; region; locality
- 桃源郷earthly paradise; Shangri-la
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