景

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(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The sun 日 rising over a city 京; 京 also provides the pronunciation

Components 日京

scenery · Heisig RSH #331

sun + capitol building

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
石景山区	Shí jǐng shān Qū	Shijingshan, an inner district of west Beijing
好景不长	hǎo jǐng bù cháng	a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom)
不景气	bù jǐng qì	slack; in a slump
机关布景	jī guān bù jǐng	machine-operated stage scenery
石景山	Shí jǐng shān	see 石景山區\|石景山区[Shi2 jing3 shan1 Qu1]
见景生情	jiàn jǐng shēng qíng	to be touched by a scene; to adapt to the situation
景东县	Jǐng dōng Xiàn	see 景東彝族自治縣\|景东彝族自治县[Jing3 dong1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
红景天	hóng jǐng tiān	roseroot (Rhodiola rosea)
风景线	fēng jǐng xiàn	a strip of scenic beauty (coast, river, road etc); (fig.) an eye-catching feature
大杀风景	dà shā fēng jǐng	to be a blot on the landscape; to dampen spirits; to spoil the fun; to be a wet blanket
前景可期	qián jǐng kě qī	to have a promising future; to have bright prospects
人文景观	rén wén jǐng guān	place of cultural interest
应景儿	yìng jǐng r	according with the times; seasonal
景宁县	Jǐng níng Xiàn	see 景寧畲族自治縣\|景宁畲族自治县[Jing3 ning2 She1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]
背景音乐	bèi jǐng yīn yuè	background music (BGM); soundtrack; musical setting
景县	Jǐng Xiàn	Jing County or Jingxian, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei
景区	jǐng qū	scenic area
景山	Jǐng shān	Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park)
地景	dì jǐng	landscape; terrain
西洋景	xī yáng jǐng	see 西洋鏡\|西洋镜[xi1 yang2 jing4]

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
景 sound part	jǐng	scenery, view; conditions, circumstances
影	yǐng	shadow; image, reflection; photograph
憬	jǐng	to rouse, to awaken; to become conscious