Info on the Kanji 城 | What's a Kanji? |
| castle | |
| onyomi | JOU |
| kunyomi | shiro |
| stroke count | 9 |
| grade | 6 |
| jlpt level | N2 |
| Example words with 城 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 城しろ shiro | fortress |
| 王城おうじょう oujou | royal castle |
| 下城しもじょう shimojou | withdrawing from the castle |
| 開城かいじょう kaijou | capitulation |
| 干城かんしろ kan shiro | defending soldier |
| 居城きょじょう kyojou | castle of a daimyo / castle of feudal lord |
| 金城きんじょう kinjou | impregnable castle |
| 傾城けいせい keisei | beauty / siren / courtesan / prostitute |
| 古城こじょう kojou | old castle / old fortress |
| 荒城こうじょう koujou | ruined castle |
| 根城ねじろ nejiro | stronghold / citadel / headquarters |
| 山城やましろ yamashiro | mountain castle |
| 出城しゅつしろ shutsu shiro | branch castle |
| 城下じょうか jouka | land near the castle |
| 城外しろそと shiro soto | outside a castle |
| 城市じょうし joushi | castle town / fortified town |
| 城主じょうしゅ joushu | lord of a castle |
| 城跡しろあと shiroato | castle site / ruins of a castle |
| 城代しろだい shiro dai | chamberlain / castle keeper |
| 城池しろいけ shiro ike | castle moat |
| 城内じょうない jounai | inside a castle |
| 城府しろふ shiro fu | town / town walls |
| 城兵じょうへい jouhei | castle garrison |
| 城門じょうもん joumon | castle gate |
| 築城ちくじょう chikujou | fortification / castle construction |
| 登城とじょう tojou | attendance at a castle |
| 都城とみしろ tomishiro | castle town |
| 入城にゅうじょう nyuujou | entry into a castle |
| 浮城ふしろ fu shiro | floating fortress / warship |
| 平城なら nara | castle on the plains |
| 落城らくじょう rakujou | surrender of a castle |
| 奥つ城おくつしろ oku tsu shiro | family grave / ancestral grave / tomb |
| 奥都城おくとみしろ oku tomishiro | family grave / ancestral grave / tomb |
| 城下町じょうかまち joukamachi | castle town / town around castle |
| 不夜城ふやじょう fuyajou | nightless gay quarters / nightless city |
| 平山城ひらやましろ hirayama shiro | castle on a hill in the plains / flatland-mountain castle |
| 平城京ならきょう nara kyou | ancient nara |
| 一国一城いっこくいちじょう ikkoku ichijou | one feudal domain and one castle / being independent / establishing only one castle in each feudal domain |
| 奥つ城所おくつしろところ oku tsu shiro tokoro | graveyard / cemetery |
| 金城湯池きんじょうゆいけ kinjou yu ike | an impregnable fortress / an unassailable territory |
| 傾国傾城けいくにけいせい kei kuni keisei | woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country as its king is captivated by her beauty / femme fatale |
| 傾城傾国けいせいけいくに keisei kei kuni | woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country as its king is captivated by her beauty / femme fatale |
| 傾城買いけいせいかい keisei kai | buying the services of a prostitute |
| 平城時代ならじだい nara jidai | nara period |
| 一国一城の主いっこくいちじょうのしゅ ikkoku ichijou no shu | feudal lord / head of a household / proudly independent person |
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| Example Sentences with 城 |
| 官軍に入城を許すとはどういう了見だ。 城からそのふもとをゆるやかに湾曲して流れる川全体が見えました。 城の創建は１１世紀にさかのぼると伝えられる。 十字キーを上へ！するとＢＧＭが変わり、背景は魔王の居城へ・・・。 |
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