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城 means 'castle'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 323   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-4    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 35    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 21 words   Used in 85 words   Used in 3149 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジョウ
Kun
   しろ castle
Name
   ぎ   き
Additional readings
Name    いく   がき   くに   ぐしく   ぐすく   しき   すく   ぜい   たち   なり
Components
⿰  土 ground; earth  成 become  
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See also
域 region  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 城 is used 6 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
Across all words in Japanese, 城 is used 78 times, read 2 ways (with 4 variations).
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ジョウ : 61 words FIND ALL
じ ょ う か く 0
Most common form: 城廓
noun
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
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しろ : 4 words FIND ALL
し ろ 0
Most common form: しろ
noun
castle
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しろ (read as じろ) : 3 words FIND ALL
ね じ ろ 0 ね じ ろ 2
noun
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
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ぜい: 1 word. FIND ALL
へ い ぜ い 0
noun
ancient name of Nara  (see also: 平城京; archaic)
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き: 7 words. FIND ALL
い ば ら き け ん 4
noun
Ibaraki prefecture (Kanto area)
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ぎ: 2 words. FIND ALL
み や ぎ け ん 3
noun
Miyagi prefecture (Tohoku area)
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An additional き less common words include 城 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 914 (originally: 903)  Joy o' Kanji : 903  Key to Kanji: 550 

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城
ジョウ   しろ castle   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
成
セイ   ジョウ   なる to become   なす to perform, to accomplish   
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戈
tasseled spear
勹
wrap
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