Word details

籠城

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 籠城.

Dictionary

Entry

籠城篭城ろうじょうNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #17031
1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up

2

confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

籠

basket, devote oneself, seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

22 strokesGrade 8

On

ロウル

Kun

かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む

Nanori

ごめもり
城

castle

9 strokesFrequency 795JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ジョウセイ

Kun

しろ

Nanori

いくがききくにぐしくぐすくしきすくぜいたちなり
篭

seclude oneself, cage, coop, implied

16 strokesFrequency 2,237

On

ロウル

Kun

かごこ.めるこも.るこ.む

Nanori

ごめ

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