Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
Variants:
homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
504 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 帰還 【キカン】 return (home), repatriation, feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
  • 帰化 【キカ】 naturalization, naturalisation
  • 社会復帰 【シャカイフッキ】 rehabilitation (in society)
  • 回帰 【カイキ】 return (to), revolution, recurrence, regression

Kun reading compounds

  • 帰る 【かえる】 to return, to come home, to go home, to go back, to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.), to get home, to get to home plate
  • 帰す 【かえす】 to send (someone) back, to send (someone) home

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui1
Korean:
gwi, gwe

Spanish

  • regreso
  • vuelta
  • retorno
  • regresar
  • volver

Portuguese

  • Retôrno a casa
  • chegar em
  • conduzir-se
  • resultar

French

  • retour à la maison
  • arriver à
  • mener à
  • aboutir à
  • renvoyer
182 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
106 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
96 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
454 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1582 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
263 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
163 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1018 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
317 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
317 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
562 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
98 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
113 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1238 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8930 Morohashi
130 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1564 New Nelson (John Haig)
1230 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1316 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
265 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
191 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1244 2001 Kanji
2f8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
1-1-9 SKIP code
2702.7 Four corner code
1-21-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e30 Unicode hex code

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
home town, village, native place, district
Kun:
さと
On:
キョウゴウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1077 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郷 【キョウ】 hometown, rural township (of China)
  • 郷愁 【キョウシュウ】 nostalgia, homesickness
  • 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
  • 郷 【ゴウ】 countryside, country, 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
  • 郷学 【ゴウガク】 village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
  • 水郷 【スイゴウ】 beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district
  • 大西郷 【ダイサイゴウ】 the Great Saigo

Kun reading compounds

  • 里 【さと】 village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
  • 無何有の郷 【むかうのさと】 utopia, (natural) paradise
  • 第二の故郷 【だいにのこきょう】 one's second home, home away from home

Readings

Japanese names:
くに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang1
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • ciudad natal
  • pueblo
  • lugar donde hay algo especial

Portuguese

  • cidade natal
  • aldeia
  • lugar de nascimento
  • distrito

French

  • village natal
  • village
  • lieu de naissance
  • région
852 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
841 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1004 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4766 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1165 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1830 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2112 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
855 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1024 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
760 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
664 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1866 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39498P Morohashi
549 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6145 New Nelson (John Haig)
1849 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1993 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
920 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2744 2001 Kanji
2d8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-22-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90f7 Unicode hex code