城廓

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

Japanese
Kanji in this term
城 廓
じょう
Grade: 4		 かく
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

城(じょう)廓(かく) • (jōkaku) 

  1. a castle wall, the outer fortification surrounding a castle
    • 1993 [2024 March 26], Kōseki Satō, ‘Tanuki-jiro’ igo [After ‘tanuki soup’]‎, page 50:
      その頃(ころ)は、厩(うまや)橋(ばし)城(じょう)廓(かく)の崩(ほう)潰(かい)が甚(はなは)だしい最(さい)中(ちゅう)で、殿(との)様(さま)の朝(とも)矩(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

Korean
Hanja in this term
城廓

Noun

城廓 • (seonggwak) (hangeul 성곽)

  1. Hanja form? of 성곽 (“castle”).

Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term
城廓

Noun

城廓

  1. chữ Hán form of thành quách (“castle; citadel”).
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