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On-Yomi: ジョウ — Kun-Yomi: しろ

Koohii stories:

1) [stefanot] 21-11-2006(154): The sand castle is just the soil (#150 土) that turns into a castle.

2) [Ninjasha] 3-3-2008(71): "Someday this mound of dirt here will turn into our CASTLE", the ants think to themselves when scoping out a new ant hill.

3) [Rivvie] 29-1-2008(22): Sand sculptors can turn even the most ordinary soil into the most beautiful castles.

4) [uberclimber] 29-12-2010(9): A castle is just land that has been turned into something else: stone walls, a keep, armouries, barracks, etc. 城下 (じょうか) : land near the castle; 城 (しろ) : castle.

5) [akira] 20-2-2007(8): A castle is built on the ground where a parade was turned into a bloodbath.

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