京

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capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)

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HSK 3.0: Level 1
Old HSK: Level 1
Strokes: 8
Radical: 亠 +6
Structure: Top–middle–bottom 上中下
Traditional: 京
Common rank: #751
Unicode: U+4EAC

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Formation & memory

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How 京 is formed

Pictograph (象形字)

A capital building on a hill

Components 亠口小

How to remember it

capital · Heisig RSH #330

高 tall + 小 small — as a component also called: capitol building

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 京

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
北京	Běi jīng	Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])
北京外国语大学	Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xué	Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
南京理工大学	Nán jīng Lǐ gōng Dà xué	Nanjing University of Science and Technology
北京理工大学	Běi jīng Lǐ gōng Dà xué	Beijing Institute of Technology
北京语言大学	Běi jīng Yǔ yán Dà xué	Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU)
北京工业大学	Běi jīng Gōng yè Dà xué	Beijing University of Technology
北京林业大学	Běi jīng Lín yè Dà xué	Beijing Forestry University
南京大学	Nán jīng Dà xué	Nanjing University, NJU
东京大学	Dōng jīng Dà xué	Tokyo University, Japan
北京大学	Běi jīng Dà xué	Peking University
北京语言学院	Běi jīng Yǔ yán Xué yuàn	Beijing Language Institute; former name of 北京語言大學\|北京语言大学[Bei3 jing1 Yu3 yan2 Da4 xue2] Bei…
北京大兴国际机场	Běi jīng Dà xīng Guó jì Jī chǎng	Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)
北京航空航天大学	Běi jīng Háng kōng Háng tiān Dà xué	Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
京山市	Jīng shān Shì	Jingshan, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市\|荆门市[Jing1 men2 Shi4], Hubei
北京国家体育场	Běi jīng Guó jiā Tǐ yù chǎng	Beijing National Stadium
北京第二外国语学院	Běi jīng Dì èr Wài guó yǔ Xué yuàn	Beijing International Studies University (BISU)
南京农业大学	Nán jīng Nóng yè Dà xué	Nanjing Agricultural University
北京工人体育场	Běi jīng Gōng rén Tǐ yù chǎng	Workers Stadium
北京中医药大学	Běi jīng Zhōng yī yào Dà xué	Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
京口区	Jīng kǒu Qū	Jingkou, a district of Zhenjiang City 鎮江市\|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangsu

Sound family

These characters use 京 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
京 sound part	jīng	capital city
惊	jīng	to frighten, to startle; surprise, alarm
就	jiù	just, simply; to go to; to approach, near
凉	liáng	cool, cold; disheartened
琼	qióng	jade; rare, precious; elegant
鲸	jīng	whale
掠	lüè	to pillage, to ransack
椋	liáng	fruit
谅	liàng	to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume
晾	liàng	to air-dry; to sun-dry
黥	qíng	to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals
辌	liáng	carriage, hearse