城

Translingual

Han character

城 (radical 32 土+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹尸 (GIHS), four-corner 4315₀, composition ⿰土成)

1. castle
2. city, town
3. municipality

References

• KangXi: page 229, character 32
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5086
• Dae Jaweon: page 465, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 438, character 7
• Unihan data for U+57CE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

城 (jyutping sing4, Yale sing4)

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Japanese

Kanji

城 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: しろ (shiro), き (ki), ぐすく (gusuku)
• Nanori: いち (ichi), がき (gaki), き (ki), くに (kuni), ぐしく (gushiku), ぐすく (gusuku), さし (sashi), しき (shiki), すく (suku), ぜい (zei), たち (tachi), なり (nari)

Compounds

• 破城槌 (はじょうつい, hajōtsui): a battering ram

Etymology 1

Noun

城 (hiragana しろ, romaji shiro)

1. castle

Etymology 2

Archaic Okinawan dialect term.

Noun

城 (hiragana ぐすく, romaji gusuku)

1. castle
   • 1531-1623: Omoro Sōshi

     一 聞得大君ぎや 降れて 遊びよわれば 天が下 平らげて ちよわれ 又 鳴響む精高子が 又 首里杜ぐすく 真玉杜ぐすく

Etymology 3

ki₂: [kɨ] > [ki].

Noun

城 (hiragana き, romaji ki)

1. a structure surrounded by a moat or walls.

See also

• 宮: palace
• 殿: palace
• 宮殿: palace

References

• 1972 March 1 [c. 1531-1623], Hokama, Shuzen; Nobutsuna Saigō, Nihon Shisō Taikai 18: Omoro Sōshi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten:

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Korean

Hanja

城 (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

城 (pinyin chéng (cheng2), Wade-Giles ch'eng²)

Compounds

• 城市 (chéngshì)
• 城堡 (chéngbǎo)

See also

• 村 (cūn)

Noun

城 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chéng)

1. (archaic) castle
2. city

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Middle Chinese

Han character

城 (*zhiɛng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

城 (thành) Thành - Phiên âm: Thành