乡

xiāng · xiàng · xiǎng

country or countryside · native place

Radical: 乙 Strokes: 3

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Common

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乱乳了买习乞乙也乾乩乜

Same radical

乱乳了买习乞乙也乾乩乜

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Meanings

country or countryside

native place

home village or town

township (PRC administrative unit)

xiāng

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Words with 乡 518 total

home village · one's native place本乡běn xiāng (coll.) country folk · rustic阿乡ā xiāng home · homeland · native place故乡gù xiāng Dongxiang ethnic group东乡Dōng xiāng hometown · native place家乡jiā xiāng fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown老乡lǎo xiāng the land of dreams · slumberland梦乡mèng xiāng (literary) to return to one's native place还乡huán xiāng

Idioms with 乡 43 total

to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)背井离乡bèi jǐng lí xiāng (idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown告老还乡gào lǎo huán xiāng to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)离乡背井lí xiāng bèi jǐng