郷

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See also: 鄕, 鄉, and 乡
郷 U+90F7, 郷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F7
← 郶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 郸 →

Translingual

Traditional 鄉
Simplified 乡
Japanese 郷
Korean 鄕

Han character

郷 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女竹日戈中 (VHAIL), composition ⿲乡⿲𠄌𫜹丶阝)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1273, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39498
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3782, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+90F7

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 郷 – see 鄉 (“township; countryside; country; rural area; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 鄉).

Japanese

Shinjitai

郷

Kyūjitai

鄕

Kanji

郷

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 鄕)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

郷(きょう) • (kyō) 

  1. hometown

郷(さと) • (sato) 

  1. village

郷(ごう) • (gō) 

  1. country home, village, countryside, township

Korean

Hanja

郷 • (hyang) (hangeul 향, revised hyang, McCune–Reischauer hyang, Yale hyang)

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