漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
京: capital, 10**16
JLPT N48 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
亠 carries the meaning · 口 and 小 are drawn in
8 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 東京とうきょうTokyo
- 京都きょうとKyoto
- 上京するじょうきょうするtravel to the capital
ケイkei · on'yomi
- 京浜けいひんTokyo and Yokohama
- 京阪神けいはんしんKyoto-Osaka-Kobe
キンkin · on'yomi
- 南京なんきんNanjing
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 北京ぺきんBeijing
Also read みやこ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A tall building.
Source: Wiktionary, 京 (rev. 93756604), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Lid (亠) + mouth (口) + small (小). Represents a grand building (like a palace or tower) with a high roof—the absolute center of a capital city.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side京 capital · 小
vs享 enjoy · 子In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jīng
Same form: 京 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 京 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 京 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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