城 — seong

Parts that make up 城

How 城 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 城 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 土, 成.

Korean example words with 城

• 성내城內 Korean gloss: 성의 안쪽
• 성벽城壁 Korean gloss: 성곽의 벽
• 월성越城 Korean gloss: 성을 넘음
• 낙성落城 Korean gloss: 성이 함락됨
• 성외城外 Korean gloss: 성의 바깥쪽
• 석성石城 Korean gloss: 돌로 쌓은 성
• 성주城主 Korean gloss: 성의 우두머리
• 일성一城 Korean gloss: 한 성의 전체
• 성장城牆 Korean gloss: 성(城)의 담장
• 산성山城 Korean gloss: 산 위에 쌓은 성
• 성두城頭 Korean gloss: 성곽(城郭)의 위
• 성문城門 Korean gloss: 성곽(城郭)의 문

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 城

• 城しろ castle
• 城内じょうない inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
• 城下町じょうかまち castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
• 城壁じょうへき castle wall; town walls; defensive wall
• 城跡しろあと castle site; ruins of a castle
• 金城きんじょう impregnable castle; inner castle citadel; golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)
• 古城こじょう old castle; old fortress
• 城主じょうしゅ lord of a castle
• 開城かいじょう surrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
• 傾城けいせい beauty; siren; courtesan
• 牙城がじょう stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
• 荒城こうじょう ruined castle

Other hanja read “성”

Other hanja with radical 土