瓮城

Traditional form:

甕城

Pinyin (reading):

wèngchéng

Definitions:

• enceinte of a city gate
• barbican entrance to a city

Characters:

• 瓮 - urn, earthen jar
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality

Traditional characters:

• 甕 - urn
• 城 - castle, city, town; municipality