里さと

• 都と会かいN3sense 2

  都会 means 'the city', the direct opposite of 里 in its sense of rural countryside.

• 里り

  里 read as り is the old distance/area unit, while 里 read as さと (same kanji) means 'village' or 'hometown'.

• 裏うらN4

  里 (meaning 'village' or 'hometown') is visually similar to 裏 but has an entirely unrelated meaning, so learners sometimes mix up the two kanji.

• 里さと親おや

  foster parent · pet caretaker; pet foster parent

• 里さと子ご

  foster child · adopted animal; foster pet

• 里さと山やま

  satoyama; managed woodland near villages · satoyama settlement pattern

• 山やま里ざと

  mountain hamlet; mountain village

• 人ひと里ざと

  human habitation; village; settlement

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• 里さとUsage76%

  Standard kanji for village, countryside, and hometown senses.

• 郷さとUsage18%

  Alternate kanji for village/countryside, less common than 里.

• さとUsage6%

  Kana spelling used when the kanji is not needed or in children's materials.

Native Japanese word. The kanji 里 originally depicted a field and a dwelling, representing a village or rural area. The reading さと is of native origin.