城
castle
9 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 795.
Readings
- ジョウ (on reading): 城 (じょう) castle (in place names); 城主 (じょうしゅ) lord of a castle
- しろ (kun reading): 城 (しろ) castle; 山城 (やまじろ) mountain castle
- セイ (on reading): 傾城 (けいせい) beauty; 傾国傾城 (けいこくけいせい) woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty
Components
Words using 城
- 城 (じょう) castle (in place names)
- 城主 (じょうしゅ) lord of a castle
- 落城 (らくじょう) fall of a castle
- 城下 (じょうか) land near a castle
- 城壁 (じょうへき) castle wall
- 城 (しろ) castle
- 山城 (やまじろ) mountain castle
- 城跡 (しろあと) castle site
- 城攻め (しろぜめ) attacking a castle
- 平城 (ひらじろ) castle on the plains
- 傾城 (けいせい) beauty
- 傾国傾城 (けいこくけいせい) woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty
- 傾城傾国 (けいせいけいこく) woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty
- 傾城買い (けいせいかい) buying the services of a prostitute
- 一顧傾城 (いっこけいせい) woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty
- 宮城 (みやぎ) Miyagi (prefecture)
- 茨城 (いばらき) Ibaraki (prefecture)
- 宮城県 (みやぎけん) Miyagi Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
- 茨城県 (いばらきけん) Ibaraki prefecture
- 茨城大学 (いばらきだいがく) Ibaraki University
133 words in all.