乡

See also: 鄉, 鄕, and 郷

乡 U+4E61, 乡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E61 ← 习 [U+4E60] CJK Unified Ideographs 乢 → [U+4E62]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	鄉
Simplified	乡
Japanese	郷
Korean	鄕

Han character

乡 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女女竹 (VVH), composition ⿳𠃋𠃋丿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 84, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 51, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E61

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 鄉 (elimination of 郎)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 乡 – see 鄉 (“township; countryside; country; rural area; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 鄉).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.