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    3. 籠城

    籠城

    籠ろう城じょう

    holding a castle (during a siege)

    NTNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveHistoryKanji Vocab31 strokes

    篭城ろう城

    ろうじょう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

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

    Stroke 0 / 31

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    籠
    かご・こ.める・こも.る・こ.む…(4)
    basket・devote oneself・seclude oneself・cage・coop…(1)
    城
    しろ…(13)
    castle
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