乡
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country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
3 strokes
Dict coverage rank #688 U+4E61
How 乡 is formed
components: 幺
How to remember it
countryside · Heisig RSH #1387
cocoon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 乡 as their sound component
These characters all use 乡 (xiāng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡 sound component | xiāng | country, village; rural |
| 飨 | xiǎng | banquet; to host a banquet |
| 芗 | xiāng | fragrant, aromatic; the smell of herbs |
Words containing 乡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东乡族自治县 | Dōng xiāng zú Zì zhì xiàn | Dongxiang Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4… |
| 上山下乡 | shàng shān xià xiāng | to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers); forced agricultural experience for city… |
| 积石山保安族东乡族撒拉族自治县 | Jī shí shān Bǎo ān zú Dōng xiāng zú Sā lā zú Zì zhì xiàn | Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefectur… |
| 江南水乡 | Jiāng nán shuǐ xiāng | patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu |
| 金乡县 | Jīn xiāng Xiàn | Jinxiang, a county in Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 安乡县 | Ān xiāng Xiàn | Anxiang, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 西乡县 | Xī xiāng Xiàn | Xixiang, a county in Hanzhong City 漢中市|汉中市[Han4 zhong1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 乡下人 | xiāng xià rén | country folk; rustic; rural folk |
| 平乡县 | Píng xiāng Xiàn | Pingxiang, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 新乡县 | Xīn xiāng Xiàn | Xinxiang, a county in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan |
| 乡城县 | Xiāng chéng Xiàn | Xiangcheng, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4… |
| 新乡市 | Xīn xiāng Shì | Xinxiang, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省[He2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 外乡人 | wài xiāng rén | a stranger; out-of-towner |
| 东乡区 | Dōng xiāng Qū | Dongxiang, a district of Fuzhou City 撫州市|抚州市[Fu3 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 大同乡 | dà tóng xiāng | person from the same province |
| 小同乡 | xiǎo tóng xiāng | person from the same county |
| 鱼米之乡 | yú mǐ zhī xiāng | (lit.) land of fish and rice; (fig.) fertile region; land of milk and honey |
| 内乡县 | Nèi xiāng Xiàn | Neixiang, a county in Nanyang City 南陽市|南阳市[Nan2 yang2 Shi4], Henan |
| 东乡族 | Dōng xiāng zú | Dongxiang ethnic group |
| 家乡话 | jiā xiāng huà | native language; native dialect |