城郭

Chinese

		city walls; city; town	surname; outer city wall
simp. and trad. (城郭)		城	郭
alternative forms		城廓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngguō

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chéngguō
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chéngguo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-kuo¹
    • Yale: chéng-gwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngguo
    • Palladius: чэнго (čɛngo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Noun

城郭

1. (archaic) city walls

   • 勿耨茶在海中。作石磚高房，城郭堅美。其國無君主而國治，每年大家眾人選賢者管事，事畢則為平人。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     勿耨茶在海中。作石砖高房，城郭坚美。其国无君主而国治，每年大家众人选贤者管事，事毕则为平人。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 《方輿勝略》, 1610

     Wùnòuchá zài hǎizhōng. Zuò shí zhuān gāo fáng, chéngguō jiān měi. Qí guó wú jūnzhǔ ér guó zhì, měinián dàjiā zhòngrén xuǎn xiánzhě guǎnshì, shì bì zé wèi píngrén. [Pinyin]

     Venice is in the middle of the sea. It has tall buildings of stone brick, and its fortifications are sturdy and beautiful. The country has no monarch, but is yet at peace; every year, the great families and common people choose a wise person to be in charge, and once his work is finished he returns to being a commoner.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
城	郭
じょう Grade: 4	かく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 城廓

Noun

城(じょう)郭(かく) • (jōkaku) 

1. castle
2. castle walls

See also

• 宮(みや) (miya): palace
• 宮殿(きゅうでん) (kyūden): palace
• 城(き) (ki): fortress, castle
• 城(ぐすく) (gusuku): castle
• 城(しろ) (shiro): castle
• 殿(との) (tono): palace

Korean

Hanja in this term
城	郭

Noun

城郭 • (seonggwak) (hangeul 성곽)

1. Hanja form^? of 성곽 (“castle”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
城	郭

Noun

城郭

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