景 means “scenery, view”

けい · kei

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ケイ

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The story

The sun (日) shining over the capital (京): a whole city laid out as a view. 景 is scenery: 景色 (keshiki) is the view from a window, 夜景 is a city's lights at night, and 景気 is how business is doing.

Used in 景色 (keshiki, scenery), 風景 (fuukei, landscape), and 夜景 (yakei, night view)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.