京

Capital

Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョウ、ケイ

Kun readingみやこ

JLPT level: N4 Jōyō Grade 2Level 8

Verbs with «京»

Meanings

capitalRtK
10**16

imperial capital (esp. Kyoto)
final word of an iroha poem
10^16
10,000,000,000,000,000
ten quadrillion

Homonyms

ⓘ

Same reading (きょう)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical亠lid

Components

How it's built

京

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · small (小) · little (小)

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

Compound words

上京じょうきょう

going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo

京都きょうと

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

京都府きょうとふ

Kyoto Prefecture (Kinki area)

東京都とうきょうと

Tokyo (metropolis)

帰京ききょう

returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital

京阪けいはん

Kyoto and Osaka; Kyoto-Osaka area

中京ちゅうきょう

Nagoya (city); Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya); Chūkyō region

東京とうきょう

Tokyo

北京ペキン

Beijing (China); Peking

在京ざいきょう

being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)

東京証券取引所とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ

Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE

territories in the vicinity of Kyoto

京響きょうきょう

Kyoto Symphony Orchestra

京形きょうがた

style that is fashionable in the capital

京坂けいはん

Kyoto and Osaka

京大きょうだい

(abbr) Kyoto University

Gyeonggi-do (South Korea)

京阪神けいはんしん

Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe

埼京線さいきょうせん

Saikyō Line (railway line running from Tokyo to Saitama)

On Reading Examples

深刻な伝染病が北京で発生した。ペキン

A serious epidemic has broken out in Beijing.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は米国に発つ前に東京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

彼は飛行機で東京から大阪へ行った。

He went from Tokyo to Osaka by plane.tatoeba

彼は東京本社に転勤になった。

He was transferred to the head office in Tokyo.tatoeba

彼は東京大学を卒業した。

He graduated from Tokyo University.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Capital. A tall palace on a hill — the chief city.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 京

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step