城 – castle

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The kanji 城 means castle. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ、セイ (jou, sei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is しろ (shiro). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 土 (no. 32).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
On’yomi	セイ	sei
Kun’yomi	しろ	shiro

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 土 (Kangxi radical 32). Components: ノ・土・戈.

Words using 城

城しろcastle城下じょうかland near a castle

Example sentences

その城は１６１０年に建てられた。

The castle dates back to 1610.

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Kanji with the same radical

地場報在増基土境域型均圧壊執坂堂

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