Read Edit View history Discussion 乡 xiāngxiàng HSK3 hometown Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 鄉. Pictograph of two people facing each other, kneeling down to share a meal. Based on the original meaning "feast" or "offer food", now written as 饗. The meaning later shifted to "hometown". The right two components were removed for simplification. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiāng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 鄉 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a kneeling person facing right. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 乡 Simp strokes 乡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 乡 Simp strokes 乡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a kneeling person facing left. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 乡 Simp strokes 乡 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 乡 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 489, 806 ], [ 506, 788 ], [ 519, 747 ], [ 448, 639 ], [ 332, 484 ], [ 326, 459 ], [ 356, 452 ], [ 471, 454 ], [ 504, 461 ], [ 515, 470 ] ], [ [ 634, 647 ], [ 653, 600 ], [ 574, 498 ], [ 388, 297 ], [ 370, 274 ], [ 359, 242 ], [ 387, 238 ], [ 417, 244 ], [ 487, 264 ], [ 584, 280 ], [ 601, 292 ] ], [ [ 653, 405 ], [ 673, 363 ], [ 627, 268 ], [ 561, 174 ], [ 494, 105 ], [ 436, 61 ], [ 359, 14 ], [ 274, -24 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 523 471 Q 447 474 383 475 Q 349 476 368 497 Q 464 626 551 719 Q 570 737 568 746 Q 567 762 526 803 Q 510 821 487 818 Q 474 817 480 798 Q 495 747 371 569 Q 344 527 292 491 Q 270 476 270 462 Q 273 440 288 418 Q 298 405 314 411 Q 354 429 484 441 Q 490 442 497 441 C 527 442 553 470 523 471 Z", "M 608 296 Q 520 289 412 267 Q 381 258 403 282 Q 470 361 627 518 Q 664 558 695 580 Q 711 590 705 602 Q 695 626 659 651 Q 641 664 630 662 Q 618 659 619 641 Q 619 592 523 471 L 497 441 Q 343 273 310 260 Q 294 251 295 234 Q 295 218 323 194 Q 333 178 353 191 Q 450 242 595 272 C 624 278 638 299 608 296 Z", "M 595 272 Q 517 133 316 10 Q 294 -2 271 -17 Q 261 -24 268 -28 Q 275 -32 288 -29 Q 369 -8 440 36 Q 512 73 561 133 Q 615 188 673 291 Q 692 321 714 349 Q 724 358 720 370 Q 716 383 685 406 Q 663 422 652 422 Q 637 421 636 403 Q 633 351 608 296 L 595 272 Z" ] } 3 strokes 乡 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 489, 806 ], [ 506, 788 ], [ 519, 747 ], [ 448, 639 ], [ 332, 484 ], [ 326, 459 ], [ 356, 452 ], [ 471, 454 ], [ 504, 461 ], [ 515, 470 ] ], [ [ 634, 647 ], [ 653, 600 ], [ 574, 498 ], [ 388, 297 ], [ 370, 274 ], [ 359, 242 ], [ 387, 238 ], [ 417, 244 ], [ 487, 264 ], [ 584, 280 ], [ 601, 292 ] ], [ [ 653, 405 ], [ 673, 363 ], [ 627, 268 ], [ 561, 174 ], [ 494, 105 ], [ 436, 61 ], [ 359, 14 ], [ 274, -24 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 523 471 Q 447 474 383 475 Q 349 476 368 497 Q 464 626 551 719 Q 570 737 568 746 Q 567 762 526 803 Q 510 821 487 818 Q 474 817 480 798 Q 495 747 371 569 Q 344 527 292 491 Q 270 476 270 462 Q 273 440 288 418 Q 298 405 314 411 Q 354 429 484 441 Q 490 442 497 441 C 527 442 553 470 523 471 Z", "M 608 296 Q 520 289 412 267 Q 381 258 403 282 Q 470 361 627 518 Q 664 558 695 580 Q 711 590 705 602 Q 695 626 659 651 Q 641 664 630 662 Q 618 659 619 641 Q 619 592 523 471 L 497 441 Q 343 273 310 260 Q 294 251 295 234 Q 295 218 323 194 Q 333 178 353 191 Q 450 242 595 272 C 624 278 638 299 608 296 Z", "M 595 272 Q 517 133 316 10 Q 294 -2 271 -17 Q 261 -24 268 -28 Q 275 -32 288 -29 Q 369 -8 440 36 Q 512 73 561 133 Q 615 188 673 291 Q 692 321 714 349 Q 724 358 720 370 Q 716 383 685 406 Q 663 422 652 422 Q 637 421 636 403 Q 633 351 608 296 L 595 272 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.