| 914 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 903 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 638 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1078 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 886 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 433 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 796 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 720 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 733 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 942 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 374 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 417 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 261 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 312 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 368 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5086P | Morohashi |
| 352 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 362 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 387 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 884 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
- 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
- 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
- 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
- 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
- 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale
Kun reading compounds
- 城 【しろ】 castle
- 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
- ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
- 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- castillo
Portuguese
- Castelo
French
- château
| 1459 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 4315.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 57ce | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陥落 【カンラク】 subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse, falling in, fall (of a city, fortress, etc.), surrender, fall (in position, rank, etc.), demotion, giving in (to someone's persuasion), yielding, being convinced
- 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
- 擠陥 【セイカン】 tempting into crime
- 注意欠陥 【チュウイケッカン】 attention deficit
Kun reading compounds
- 陥る 【おちいる】 to fall into (e.g. a hole), to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.), to fall into (a trap, etc.), to fall, to surrender, to capitulate
- 陥れる 【おとしいれる】 to trap (into a difficult situation), to put (in a fix), to throw (e.g. into turmoil), to trick (into doing), to lure (into a trap), to frame (for a crime), to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.), to take, to reduce, to drop (something) into
Readings
- Korean:
- ham
Spanish
- hundirse
- derrumbarse
- caer
- resbalarse
- deslizarse
Portuguese
- colapso
- desmoronar
- ruir
- queda (castelo)
- deslizamento
French
- s'écrouler
- piège
- tomber dans
- capituler
- tomber (château)
- glisser dans
| 1098 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1678 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4990 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1718 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1870 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1218 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1281 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1522 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 730 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 547 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 334 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 413 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1325 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41676P | Morohashi |
| 457 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6446 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1315 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1412 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1401 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3678 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d7.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 7726.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9665 | Unicode hex code |