고향
gohyang · TOPIK 1
hometown, home region
🏡 故鄕 = old (故) + village (鄕): the old village you come from
고 is 故, meaning old or former, the same 고 as in 고인 (the deceased). 향 is 鄕, meaning village or native place, as in 향수 (homesickness). Together: the former village, the place you left behind and still call home.