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Keyword
castle
Frequency
#795
Strokes
9
Grade
4
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
387
Readings
ジョウ86%
しろ14%
Mnemonic
Earth that has become a tall wall rises above the fields: the mighty castle.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
城しろ
castle
Noun
宮きゅう城じょう
Imperial Palace (esp. from 1888 to 1946)
Noun
山やま城じろ
mountain castle
Noun
城じょう壁へき
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
Noun
金きん城じょう
impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
Noun
城じょう
castle (in place names)
Suffix
城き
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
Noun
山やま城しろ
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Noun
茨城いばらき
Ibaraki (prefecture)
Noun
宮城みやぎ
Miyagi (prefecture)
Noun
城じょう主しゅ
lord of a castle
Noun
城じょう内ない
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
Noun
荒こう城じょう
ruined castle
Noun
城じょう下か町まち
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
Noun
都と城じょう
castle town
Noun
長ちょう城じょう
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
Noun
城しろ跡あと
castle site; ruins of a castle
Noun
城じょう塞さい
fortress; stronghold; citadel
Noun
城じょう門もん
castle gate
Noun
古こ城じょう
old castle; old fortress
Noun
築ちく城じょう
castle construction; building a castle; fortification
Noun
江え戸ど城じょう
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
Noun
城じょう下か
land near a castle; castle town
Noun
城じょう郭かく
castle; citadel; fortress; castle walls; enclosure
Noun