鄕

See also: 郷, 鄉, and 乡

鄕 U+9115, 鄕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9115 ← 鄔 [U+9114] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄖 → [U+9116]

Translingual

Traditional	鄉
Simplified	乡
Japanese	郷
Korean	鄕

Han character

鄕 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女竹竹心中 (VHHPL), composition ⿲乡皀阝)

References

• KangXi: page 1275, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39571
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3790, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9115

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	郷
Kyūjitai	鄕

Kanji

鄕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 郷)

1. village
2. hometown
3. countryside, country

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō)
• Kun: さと (sato, 鄕)

Usage notes

Non-Jōyō alternate for 郷. Rarely used.

Korean

Hanja

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

1. country, village

Compounds

• 鄕札 (향찰, hyangchal)

Vietnamese

Han character

鄕: Hán Nôm readings: hương

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