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capital
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョウケイキン
Kun readingみやこ

Meanings

  1. capitalRtK
  2. 10**16
  1. imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)
  2. final word of an iroha poem
  3. 10^16
  4. 10,000,000,000,000,000
  5. ten quadrillion

Popular Usage

上京帰京

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built

Mnemonic (RtK)

tall · top hat () · mouth () · small () · little ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 334

Compound words

深刻な伝染病が北で発生した。ペキン
A serious epidemic has broken out in Beijing.tatoeba
彼は米国に発つ前に東にいる上司に会いたいと思った。
He wanted to see his boss in Tokyo before leaving for America.tatoeba
彼は飛行機で東から大阪へ行った。
He went from Tokyo to Osaka by plane.tatoeba
彼は東本社に転勤になった。
He was transferred to the head office in Tokyo.tatoeba
彼は東大学を卒業した。
He graduated from Tokyo University.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 京

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