郷土
きょうど · kyoudo · JLPT N1 · noun
fatherland
🏡 郷 (village) + 土 (soil) = the soil of the village you come from
郷 means village or hometown, and 土 means soil or earth. Together they name the land where your people come from, so the meaning follows directly from the two parts.
土 — pictograph of a mound of earth on the ground
土 is a pictograph showing a lump or mound of soil resting on the ground line. In oracle bone script it depicted an earthen heap, sometimes interpreted as an altar to the earth god. The meaning has remained stable: earth, soil, or ground.