Trace Panda

xiāng

country

How it’s built

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".

卩
iconic

person — Depicts a kneeling person facing right.

皀
iconic

seed; kernel; grain — Pictograph of a food vessel for holding grain.

卩
iconic

person — Depicts a kneeling person facing left.

Through the ages

Bronze script
Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 鄉 as a component, most common first.

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