乡(xiāng)

HSK 33 strokesTrad. 鄉

country or countryside

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Character information

Pinyin
xiāng
Meaning
country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)
Strokes
3
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
鄉

Origin & structure

Where 乡 comes from and how its parts fit together.

幺

Made of

幺yāo

Traditional form 鄉: Two people  乡 and ⻏ hunched over a meal 良

How to write 乡 step by step

3 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 乡

Common words using 乡 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jiā家xiāng乡
HSK 3

hometown

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gù故xiāng乡
HSK 3

home

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chéng城xiāng乡
HSK 6

city and countryside

Open 城乡 page →
xià下xiāng乡
HSK 7-9

to go to the countryside

Open 下乡 page →
chuàn串xiāng乡

to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)

Open 串乡 page →
tā他xiāng乡

foreign land; away from one's native place

Open 他乡 page →
qiáo侨xiāng乡

hometown of overseas Chinese

Open 侨乡 page →
rù入xiāng乡suí随sú俗

(idiom) when in Rome, do as the Romans do

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家故城下串他侨入

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