Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: つちへん

Meaning: earth

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

下町(じょうかまち)   castle town

主(じょうしゅ)   lord of a castle

壁(じょうへき)   rampart

塞(じょうさい)   fortress

大阪(おおさかじょう)   Osaka castle

する(ちくじょうする)   construct a castle

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

(しろ)   castle

Onyomi Examples

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

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

コウジョウ ruined castle

カイジョウ capitulation (of fort)

ケイセイ beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute

傾国傾 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

しろ castle

しろあと castle site, ruins of a castle

やましろ Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)