Jisho

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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

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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

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
distress, grieve, lament, be anxious
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2171 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 愁傷 【シュウショウ】 grief, sorrow
  • 愁色 【シュウショク】 worried look
  • 哀愁 【アイシュウ】 pathos, sorrow, grief
  • 憂愁 【ユウシュウ】 melancholy, gloom, grief

Kun reading compounds

  • 憂える 【うれえる】 to worry about, to be anxious about, to be concerned about, to lament, to grieve, to feel sorrow for
  • 憂い 【うれい】 sorrow, grief, anguish, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, affliction, fear, misgivings
  • 憂い顔 【うれいがお】 sad face, sorrowful face, anxious look, sad countenance

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chou2
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • melancolía
  • aflicción
  • sentimiento
  • estar melancólico
  • estar afligido

Portuguese

  • perigo
  • pesar
  • lamento
  • estar ansioso

French

  • détresse
  • tristesse
  • plainte
  • lamentation
  • être anxieux
1357 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1737 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1729 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1778 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1306 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1601 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1708 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1700 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
795 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3508 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
910 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10885 Morohashi
2829 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1923 New Nelson (John Haig)
901 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
967 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1625 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2258 2001 Kanji
4k9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
2933.8 Four corner code
1-29-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6101 Unicode hex code