郷

home town, village, native place, district

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キョウゴウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

さと

Nanori (名乗り)

くに

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:6

Strokes:11

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1077

Vocabulary

キョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
郷愁	キョウシュウ	nostalgia; homesickness
郷土	キョウド	native place; birth-place; one's old home; province; region; locality
郷里	キョウリ	hometown; birthplace
同郷	ドウキョウ	same village; same town; same province
故郷	コキョウ	hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home

ゴウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
水郷	スイゴウ	beautiful riverside location; lakeside district; canal district
在郷軍人	ザイゴウグンジン	reservist
郷軍	ゴウグン	veteran; reservist; ex-soldier
近郷	キンゴウ	neighboring districts; neighbouring districts; countryside
在郷	ザイゴウ	being in one's hometown; countryside; the country; rural districts

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
故郷	ふるさと	hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains
郷に入っては郷に従え	ごうにいってはごうにしたがえ	when in Rome, do as the Romans do
出郷	しゅっきょう	leaving one's home town; priest going out to teach
望郷の念	ぼうきょうのねん	sense of nostalgia
郷	さと	village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

son, counter for sons

corridor, hall, tower

echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate

instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt

domesticate, raise, keep, feed

rue, be sad, sigh, lament

node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

decorate, ornament, adorn, embellish

building, mansion, large building, palace