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Chinese
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happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
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country; village
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| trad. (故鄉)
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故
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鄉
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| simp. (故乡)
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故
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乡
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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故
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鄉
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/3
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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gù
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xiāng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ kuH ›
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‹ xjang ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*kˁaʔ-s/
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/*qʰaŋ/
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| English
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old (not new)
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village; district
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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故
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鄉
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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4228
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13596
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Phonetic
component
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古
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鄉
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Rime
group
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魚
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陽
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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顧
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香
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Old
Chinese
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/*kaːs/
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/*qʰaŋ/
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| Notes
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甲金文象兩人對食，
爲饗初文
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Noun
故鄉
- native land; hometown; birthplace
- 當作第二故鄉／当作第二故乡 ― dàngzuò dì'èr gùxiāng ― to treat (a place) as one's second hometown
Synonyms
- 土 (literary, or in compounds)
- 家鄉／家乡 (jiāxiāng)
- 故國／故国 (gùguó) (literary)
- 故園／故园 (gùyuán) (literary)
- 故土 (gùtǔ)
- 故里 (gùlǐ)
- 老家 (lǎojiā)
- 老屋 (Hakka)
- 鄉下／乡下
- 鄉土／乡土 (xiāngtǔ)
- 鄉梓／乡梓 (xiāngzǐ) (literary)
- 鄉關／乡关 (xiāngguān) (literary)
Derived terms
Descendants