Kanji

郷

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
彼は十年ぶりに故郷へ帰った。

He returned to his hometown after ten years.

感 かん
久しぶりに故郷に戻り、隔世の感がある。

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

郷 さと
春には、祖母の暮らす郷へ帰る。

In spring, I return to the village where my grandmother lives.

郷愁 きょうしゅう
故郷への郷愁を感じる。

I feel nostalgia for my hometown.

帰郷 ききょう
彼は十年ぶりに帰郷することを決めた。

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

萱堂 けんどう
郷里の萱堂の病を知り、彼は急ぎ帰郷することにした。

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
山奥に隠されたその村は、まるで桃源郷のようだった。

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

Example Vocabulary

故郷

こきょう

hometown; birthplace

郷

さと

village; rural hometown; native place

郷愁

きょうしゅう

nostalgia; homesickness

同郷

どうきょう

生まれ故郷

うまれこきょう

理想郷

りそうきょう

郷

さと

village; rural hometown; native place

帰郷

ききょう

returning to one's hometown; homecoming

桃源郷

とうげんきょう

Shangri-La; utopia; earthly paradise

本郷

ほんごう

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