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城 = 土 + 成

城 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “castle”. It is built from 土 (soil) and 成 (turn into). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 387.

Keyword
castle
RTK frame
387
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジョウ, セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
しろ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
замок
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
城 castle

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 土 soil
  2. 成 turn into

How to find 城 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “soil” + “turn into”. 城 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 城 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.