Kanji

郷

home town, village, native place, district

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

邑部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョウ, ゴウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

さと

Nanori (Name Reading)

あき, あきら, さと, のり

Common Readings

キョウ, ゴウ

Example sentences

故郷 こきょう
十年 ぶり 故郷 帰った

He returned to his hometown after ten years.

かん
久しぶり 故郷 戻り 隔世 ある

Returning to my hometown after a long time, it feels like a different world.

郷愁 きょうしゅう
故郷 郷愁 感じる

I feel nostalgia for my hometown.

帰郷 ききょう
十年 ぶり 帰郷 する こと 決めた

He decided to return to his hometown for the first time in ten years.

萱堂 けんどう
郷里 萱堂 知り 急ぎ 帰郷 する こと した

Learning of his mother's illness in his hometown, he decided to return home in a hurry.

桃源郷 とうげんきょう
山奥 隠された その まるで 桃源郷 よう だった

That village hidden in the mountains was just like a utopia.

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