Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウセイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
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)
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

12 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
bases, fort, rampart, walls, base(ball)
Kun:
とりで
On:
ルイライスイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塁 【ルイ】 base, bag, sack, fortress, stronghold
  • 塁審 【ルイシン】 base umpire
  • 二塁 【ニルイ】 second base
  • 走塁 【ソウルイ】 base running

Kun reading compounds

  • 砦 【とりで】 fort, fortress, stronghold, fortification

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei3
Korean:
ru, roe

Spanish

  • puesto
  • fuerte
  • base de béisbol

Portuguese

  • fundamentos
  • base
  • proteção
  • paredes
  • basebol

French

  • bases
  • fort
  • rempart
  • murs
  • base (base-ball)
1918 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
648 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3009 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1571 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1160 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1694 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1810 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1692 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
358 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1660 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2250 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1750 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5316P Morohashi
2593 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1056 New Nelson (John Haig)
1734 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1871 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1519 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
5f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-46-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5841 Unicode hex code