城

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.3 Etymology 3.3.1 Noun 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.5 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Compounds 5.3 See also 5.4 Noun 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

城 (jyutping sing4, Yale sing4)

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[edit] Noun

城 (hiragana しろ, romaji shiro)

1. castle

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城 (kanji 城, 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

[edit] Etymology

ki₂: [kɨ] > [ki].

[edit] Noun

城 (hiragana き, romaji ki)

1. a structure surrounded by a moat or walls.

[edit] Kanji

城 (grade 6 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: じょう (jō)
• Kun: しろ (shiro)

Alternative readings:

• いち (ichi)
• き (ki)
• ぐすく (gusuku, Okinawan reading)
• さし or サシ (sashi)
• しき (shiki)

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

• 城市 (chéngshì)
• 城堡 (chéngbǎo)

[edit] See also

• 村 (cūn)

[edit] Noun

城 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chéng)

1. (archaic) castle
2. city

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[edit] Middle Chinese

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城 (*zhiɛng)

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[edit] Vietnamese

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城 (thành)