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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: castle

Kunyomi: しろ

Onyomi: ジョウ, セイ

Composition: 土 成

城

Radical

Radical: 土

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Reading: つちへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

城下町(じょうかまち)   castle town

城主(じょうしゅ)   lord of a castle

城壁(じょうへき)   rampart

城塞(じょうさい)   fortress

大阪城(おおさかじょう)   Osaka castle

築城する(ちくじょうする)   construct a castle

落城する(らくじょうする)   surrender (a castle) [v.i.]

城(しろ)   castle

Onyomi Examples

城 (ジョウ) castle (in place names), castle, fortress

城内 (ジョウナイ) inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls

荒城 (コウジョウ) ruined castle

開城 (カイジョウ) surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold

傾城 (ケイセイ) beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute

傾国傾城 (ケイコクケイセイ) woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kunyomi Examples

城 (しろ) castle

城跡 (しろあと) castle site, ruins of a castle

ハウルの動く城 (ハウルのうごくしろ) Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)

砂の城 (すなのしろ) sandcastle, sand castle

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