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.)

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

Pronunciation

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
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