Chinese Character 鄉 Meanings and components.

Form

鄉

Meaning

鄉 meaning[3] in English

Country Or Countryside.

Native Place.

Home Village Or Town.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鄉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are country or countryside (乡) , and surname Lang (郎)

Its radical[1] is: 邑 (yi4) which means: City, Village, .邑yi4city

In cangjie it is written with VHIIL

How to write 鄉

To write鄉xiang1country or … you should write a combination of 乡xiang1country or … , 郎lang2surname Lang arranged in a 吅 shape:

乡 + 郎 = 鄉

鄉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鄉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鄉, looks as follow:

鄉
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Country Or Countryside . Native Place . Home Village Or Town . Township (Prc Administrative Unit)
乡
Pinyin:xiang1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Country Or Countryside . Native Place . Home Village Or Town . Township (Prc Administrative Unit)
郎
Pinyin:lang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Lang
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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