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故郷ふるさと

  1. Noun

    hometown; birthplace; native place; one's old home

    Usually written using kana alonesee 故郷see こきょう

    トムは故郷へと戻って行った。
    Tom went back to his hometown.

  2. ruins; historic remains

    Archaic

Also written 古里【ふるさと】、故里【ふるさと】

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Characters in this word

2
故
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

Kun
ゆえ、ふる.い、もと
On
コ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
612 of 2500
Radical
攴 rap
WaniKani
Level 26

Built from

口十攵乞
Words starting with 故Words ending in 故Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-5-4SKIP code
4i5.2The Kanji Dictionary
4864.0Four corner code
1566deroo
6545Unicode hex code
1-24-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2044Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2334New Nelson (John Haig)
1141New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1466Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
778Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1056Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
355Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
455A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
880Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
707Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13161Morohashi
668A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
173Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
173Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
778sakade
587Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
694henshall3
697Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
722Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
936Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
339Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gu4Pinyin reading
goKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
26WaniKani level
郷
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

home town, village, native place, district

Kun
さと
On
キョウ、ゴウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1077 of 2500
Radical
邑 city
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

艮邦幺

Used in names as

くに

Words starting with 郷Words ending in 郷Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-8, 1-3-7SKIP code
2d8.14The Kanji Dictionary
2772.7Four corner code
2744deroo
90f7Unicode hex code
1-22-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4766Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6145New Nelson (John Haig)
549New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
664Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
403Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
501Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1849Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1993Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1004A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2112Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1165Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39498PMorohashi
841A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
855Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1830Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
852henshall3
920Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1024Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
760Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1866Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang1Pinyin reading
hyangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level