Word Meaning 篭城

ろうじょう roujou

篭城 is read as ろうじょう (roujou) and means holding a castle (during a siege).

Meaning

English

holding a castle (during a siege)
holing up
confinement (to one's home)
staying at home
staying indoors

Reading

Kana

ろうじょう

Romaji

roujou

Writing Variants

ろう城 ろうじょう roujou
籠城ろうじょう roujou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 準1級 Synonyms 立てこもる,立て篭もる,立て籠もる,蟄居,閉じ籠る,引きこもる,引き籠る,閉居 Antonyms 開城 Rank 161820 Priority Z

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