# 郷 — home town

郷 means “home town”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: キョウ (kyou), ゴウ (gou). Kun'yomi: さと (sato).

- Meaning: home town
- On'yomi: キョウ (kyou), ゴウ (gou)
- Kun'yomi: さと (sato)
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Land & places 1

## How to remember 郷

Parts: 乡 strands · 艮 stubborn · 阝 town; hill

## Don't confuse it with

[郎](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/young-man/) · [廊](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/corridor/)

## More in the “Land & places 1” set

[邦](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-country/) · [塚](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/burial-mound/) · [街](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/street/) · [跡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/traces/) · [郡](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/county/) · [郷](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-town/) · [里](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-village/) · [堀](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/moat/) · [岳](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peak/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/home-town/. Last updated 2026-11-01.