Kanji 京

音読おんよみ: キョウ・ケイ

訓読くんよみ: みやこ

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: なべぶた（亠）

Meaning

Capital / Metropolis / Imperial city

  • 東京とうきょう — Tokyo Voice Japan
  • 上京じょうきょう — going to the capital (esp. going to Tokyo)
  • 京浜けいひん — Tokyo–Yokohama area
  • 京都きょうと — Kyoto Voice Japan
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  • 京劇きょうげき — Peking opera
  • 京阪神けいはんしん — Kyoto–Osaka–Kobe area

京 originally referred to a tall hill with buildings — symbolizing a place of importance. Over time, it came to mean “capital city,” such as Kyoto (old capital) or Tokyo (eastern capital). It can also be used as a numeric unit meaning a trillion (兆の万倍).

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