京
京 — Capital
capital, 10**16
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
On’yomiケイ (kei)
On’yomiキン (kin)
Kun’yomiみやこ (miyako)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 京
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東京 | とうきょう toukyou | Tokyo |
| 北京 | ペキン pekin | Beijing (China); Peking |
| 京都 | きょうと kyouto | Kyoto (city, prefecture) |
| 京 | きょう kyou | imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16 |
| 東京証券取引所 | とうきょうしょうけんとりひきじょ toukyoushoukentorihikijo | Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE |
| 中京 | ちゅうきょう chuukyou | Nagoya (city); Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya); Chūkyō region |
Study notes
京 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #74 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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