じょ

noun

  1. castle town, city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
じょ
城下町 じょうかまち

Contained Kanji Breakdown

castle
しろ ジョウ き (6th, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
turn into, become, get
セイ な.る ジョウ (4th, N3)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
hooked enclosure
below, down, descend
カ した くだ.る (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
town, village, block
まち チョウ (1st, N4)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)