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 Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːka̠kɯ̟]

Noun

城(じょう)廓(かく) • (jōkaku) 

1. a castle wall, the outer fortification surrounding a castle
   • 1993 [2024 December 19], Kōseki Satō, ‘Tanuki-jiro’ igo [After ‘tanuki soup’]‎^[1], 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”).