漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
景: scenery, view
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
日 carries the meaning · 京 gives the sound
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 風景ふうけいscenery
- 絶景ぜっけいpicturesque scenery
- 夜景やけいnight view
- 背景はいけいbackground, setting
- 光景こうけいscene, spectacle
- 景気けいきbusiness/economic conditions
- 不景気ふけいきeconomic depression
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 景色けしきscenery
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)日 sun (meaning) + 京 (sound)
Originally, it meant "sunlight".
Source: Wiktionary, 景 (rev. 93659497), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
京
Also built on capital (京)
景 takes the 京 family's reading, ケイ (kei).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side景 scenery · 日
vs椋 type of deciduous tree · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jǐng
Same form: 景 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 景 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 景 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jǐng 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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