He visited his hometown for the first time in ten years.
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故乡
Traditional: 故鄉
gù xiāng
HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 6
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gù xiāng · gu3 hoeng1 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
故
- Meaning
- ancient, old; reason, because
- Radical
- 攵
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰古攵
- Cangjie
- JROK
- Four-corner
- 4864.0
乡
- Meaning
- country; rural; village
- Radical
- 幺
- Strokes
- 3
- Components
- 幺
- Cangjie
- VVH
- Four-corner
- 2020
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