乡

xiāng

country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit)

Radical: 幺 HSK 5 n

Components & Etymology

乡 decomposes into the following components:

幺

Words containing 乡

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 乡.

下乡
xià xiāng
to go to the countryside
东乡
dōng xiāng
Dongxiang or East village (place name)
串乡
chuàn xiāng
乡下
xiāng xia
country (as opposed to town or city)
乡亲
xiāng qīn
fellow countryman (from the same village)
乡人
xiāng rén
villager
乡僻
xiāng pì
far from town
乡医
xiāng yī
abbr. of 鄉村醫生|乡村医生[xiang1 cun1 yi1 sheng1]
乡土
xiāng tǔ
native soil
乡城
xiāng chéng
Xiangcheng county (Tibetan: phyag 'phreng rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
乡宁
xiāng níng
Xiangning county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
乡情
xiāng qíng
homesickness

Related characters (radical 幺)

Characters that share the radical 幺.

幺 幻 幼 幽 幾

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