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Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
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Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 6 - 郷

Kanji character Grade 6 郷. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 6 - 郷
About
home town, village, native place, district
Kun: さと
On: キョウ、 ゴウ
11 strokes (also 10)
Radical: town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts: 幺 邦 艮
 
Onyomi
郷 【キョウ】 hometown, rural township (of China)
郷愁 【キョウシュウ】 nostalgia, homesickness
同郷 【ドウキョウ】 same village, same town, same province
理想郷 【リソウキョウ】 ideal land, earthly paradise, Utopia, Arcadia
郷 【ゴウ】 countryside, country, 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
郷学 【ゴウガク】 village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
水郷 【スイゴウ】 beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district
大西郷 【ダイサイゴウ】 the Great Saigo
 
Kunyomi
無何有の郷 【むかうのさと】 utopia, (natural) paradise
第二の故郷 【だいにのこきょう】 one's second home, home away from home