xiāng
country
How it’s built
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 traditional component 皀 was removed for simplification. The traditional component 卩 was removed for simplification.
卩
iconic
person — Depicts a kneeling person facing right.
Through the ages
Appears in
Characters that use 乡 as a component, most common first.