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

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
village, rural community, right village radical (no. 163)
Kun:
むら
On:
ユウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2452 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 悒々 【ユウユウ】 sad, melancholy
  • 邑落 【ユウラク】 hamlet
  • 悒々 【ユウユウ】 sad, melancholy
  • 郷邑 【キョウユウ】 hamlet, village

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おう、 おお、 くに、 さと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
eub

Spanish

  • pueblo
  • aldea
  • comunidad rural

Portuguese

French

4756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
460 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2250 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2716 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1875 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39269 Morohashi
2190 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6127 New Nelson (John Haig)
2180 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2296 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
6071.7 Four corner code
1-45-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9091 Unicode hex code