Hanja Analyzer
京

京 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
서울 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
capital city
Mandarin
jīng
Japanese on'yomi
キョウ, ケイ, キン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
みやこ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#74 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Variant forms
亰
Radical
亠 (8, 6 residual)
Unicode
U+4EAC

Korean example words with 京

  • 경모京耗 Korean gloss: 서울 소식
  • 경외京外 Korean gloss: 서울의 밖
  • 경풍京風 Korean gloss: 서울의 풍속
  • 재경在京 Korean gloss: 서울에 있음
  • 경지京址 Korean gloss: 서울이었던 자리
  • 경병京兵 Korean gloss: 서울에 있던 관군
  • 귀경歸京 Korean gloss: 서울로 돌아가거나 돌아옴
  • 경사京師 Korean gloss: 한 나라의 중앙 정부가 있는 곳
  • 경인京仁 Korean gloss: 서울과 인천을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 경향京鄕 Korean gloss: 서울과 시골을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 경판京板 Korean gloss: 서울에서 판각함. 또는 그 판각본
  • 옥경玉京 Korean gloss: 하늘 위에 옥황상제가 산다고 하는 가상적인 서울

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 京

  • 東京とうきょう Tokyo
  • 北京ペキン Beijing (China); Peking
  • 京都きょうと Kyoto (city, prefecture)
  • 京きょう 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 Tokyo Stock Exchange; TSE
  • 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
  • 在京ざいきょう being in the capital (i.e. Tokyo, or formerly Kyoto)
  • 上京じょうきょう going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo
  • 帰京ききょう returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital
  • 京劇きょうげき classical Chinese opera
  • 京阪けいはん Kyoto and Osaka; Kyoto-Osaka area
  • 南京ナンキン Nanjing (China); Nanking; pumpkin

Characters sharing the phonetic 京

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 亠

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