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城 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「土」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「土」
On
ジョウじょう · jō
Kun
しろshiro
Meaning
castle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Phonetic-semantic: earth 土 with the sound element 成; walls built of earth, a castle.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onジョウじょうjō城内きうち城下町じょうかちょう落城らくじょう
Kunしろshiro城しろ城跡じょうせき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 城下町じょうかまち

    castle town

  • 名城めいじょう

    famous castle

More words with this kanji

  • 茨城県いばらきけん
  • 牙城がじょう
  • 籠城ろうじょう
  • 城砦じょうさい
  • 城址じょうし
  • 城郭じょうかく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)の上(うえ)に古(ふる)いお城(しろ)が見(み)えます。

You can see an old castle on top of the mountain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

城下町名城城下町城下down名name町town埼cape塩salt土earth圦sluice…圧pressu…成to bec…静quiet縄rope丈length上up
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading ジョウAll maps

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