城廓

城廓

Chinese

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
城	廓
じょう Grade: 6	かく Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːka̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

城廓 (hiragana じょうかく, rōmaji jōkaku)

1. a castle wall, the outer fortification surrounding a castle
   • 1993 [a. 1956], Kōseki Satō, ‘Tanuki-jiro’ igo [After ‘tanuki soup’]‎, page 50:

     その頃 (ころ)は、厩橋 (うまやばし)城廓 (じょうかく)の崩潰 (ほうかい)が甚 (はなは)だしい最中 (さいちゅう)で、殿様 (とのさま)の朝矩 (とものり)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