hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
家 · 10 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and a remnant of 豭 represents the sound.
乡 · 3 strokes
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…