ろう
籠
じょう
城

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ろう
籠
じょう
城
 籠城 ろうじょう
ろう
篭
じょう
城
 篭城 ろうじょう
　
ろ
　
う
じょう
城
 ろう城 ろうじょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself
かご　ロウ　こ.める (11th)
bamboo
たけ　チク　たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
dragon, imperial
リュウ　リョウ　たつ (Kentei Pre-1)
stake(樁)　variant
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
bow, bow (archery, violin)
ゆみ　キュウ　こ (2nd, N1)
three
サン　み　みっ.つ (1st, N5)
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