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畿

capital
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingキ
Kun readingみやこ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. capital
    高校になってからは、クロスカントリースキー、ノルディック複合競技の大阪大会および近畿大会で幾度となく優勝。In high school, I won the Osaka and Kinki championships in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined skiing on countless occasions.tatoeba
    北近畿タンゴ鉄道Kitakinki Tango Railwaywiki
  2. suburbs of capital
  3. capital suburbsRtK

Radicals and components

Radical田field
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cocoon · rice field (田) · brains · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1483

Compound words

近畿きんき
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
畿内きない
Kinai (the five provinces in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto)
京畿けいき
territories in the vicinity of Kyoto
五畿ごき
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
京畿道キョンギド
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea)
近畿圏きんきけん
wider Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama and Fukui prefectures)
五畿内ごきない
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
四畿内しきない
Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi; made obsolete in 757)
近畿地方きんきちほう
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
五畿七道ごきしちどう
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan

Additional Examples

近畿三十六不動尊
OKwiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 畿

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