The kanji 城: meaning, readings and stroke order

城

Meaning: castle
On reading: ジョウ jou
Kun reading: しろ shiro
Strokes: 9
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lâu đài, toà thành (thành)
Japanese: しろ。
Korean: 성
Chinese: 城堡

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョウ jou · on reading · less common

城じょう内ない
inside the castle
城じょう内ないを見て回ります。
We walk around inside the castle.

しろ shiro · kun reading

城しろ
castle
山の上に古い 城しろがあります。
There is an old castle on the mountain.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.