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城 kanji
castle
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
ジョウセイ
Kun readings
しろ
Words with 城
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —名城fine castle; famous castle
- —皇城imperial palace
- —敵城enemy castle; enemy fortress
- —来城coming to a castle; visiting a castle
- —長城long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
- —化城castle magically created by the Buddha
- —城将commander of a castle
- —占城Champa (former kingdom(s) in central Vietnam)
- —京城imperial palace; capital; Keijō (Japanese colonial-era name for Seoul)
- —城館fortified mansion
- —帰城return to a castle
- —開城Kaesong (North Korea)
- —城中inside of a castle
- —城番castle guard
- —外城outer castle; outer fortification (surrounding the main castle)
- —内城inner castle; main keep; innermost enclosure of a castle
- —本城main castle; stronghold; inner citadel; this castle
- —不夜城nightless gay quarters; nightless city
- —平城京Heijō-kyō (capital of Japan from 710-40 and 745-84; located in present-day Nara)
- —平城宮Heijō Palace (imperial residence in Heijō-kyō)