Memory phrase for the character: 郷

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home town, village, rural

KYŌ, GŌ

From the left: 幺 as a variant of thread 糸 in the sense of “short thread”, not good 艮, village⻏ (right also: variation of husband 郎)

You are cut off (from urban life), like a short thread and that is not good: in the village.

糸	thread
郎	man, husband	Typically this character 夫 is used for husband.
艮	not good	This radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"
⻏	village, city wall	This radical oozato is always at the right side of the kanji and means "village". Please note the difference to the radical kozato 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the kanji.

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郷里	きょうり	birth-place, home town
故郷	こきょう	home town, birthplace, native place
故郷	ふるさと	home town, birthplace
郷土	きょうど	native place, birth place
郷愁	きょうしゅう	nostalgia, homesickness

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