Word Meaning 磐城

いわき iwaki

磐城 is read as いわき (iwaki) and means Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures).

Meaning

English

Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)

Reading

Kana

いわき

Romaji

iwaki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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城

しろ

castle

古城

こじょう

old castle

開城

かいじょう

surrender of a castle

金城

きんじょう

golden castle (nickname for Nagoya Castle)

根城

ねじろ

stronghold

築城

ちくじょう

castle construction

居城

きょじょう

castle of a feudal lord

傾城

けいせい

beauty

荒城

こうじょう

ruined castle

牙城

がじょう

stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent)

一国一城

いっこくいちじょう

establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

平山城

ひらやまじろ

castle on a hill in the plains