城廓

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 城廓 – see 城郭 (“city walls”). (This term is a variant form of 城郭).

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
城	廓
じょう Grade: 4	かく Hyōgai
on'yomi

Noun

城(じょう)廓(かく) • (jōkaku) 

1. a castle wall, the outer fortification surrounding a castle
   • 1993 [2024 August 25], Kōseki Satō, ‘Tanuki-jiro’ igo [After ‘tanuki soup’]‎^[1], page 50:

     その頃(ころ)は、厩橋(うまやばし)城廓(じょうかく)の崩潰(ほうかい)が甚(はなは)だしい最中(さいちゅう)で、殿様(とのさま)の朝矩(とものり)は危険(きけん)で居(い)堪(たま)らなくなり

     Sono koro wa, Umayabashi jōkaku no hōkai ga hanahadashī saichū de, tono-sama no Tomonori wa kiken de i tamaranaku-nari

     Around that time, during the collapse of the Umayabashi fortification, it became too dangerous for Lord Tomonori to be there

2. the space immediately within castle walls, a bailey
3. a fortress, ramparts, structures in place to defend (a castle etc.) against attack