故乡 gùxiāng▶ Ciudad natal

Stroke order

故乡 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 故 — 9 strokes
• 乡 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. home
2. homeland
3. native place

Related words

• 事故Accidente
• 变故Desgracia
• 乡镇Pueblo
• 故障culpa, defecto
• 缘故razón
• 家乡Ciudad natal

故乡 is pronounced gùxiāng and means “Ciudad natal”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 故乡 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.