京 means “capital”

きょう · kyou

Also: 10**16

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みやこ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョウ, ケイ, キン

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 2 · 8 strokes

The story

A watchtower rising over a city gate: the silhouette of a capital. Japan wrote it into both of its great cities: 京都, the old capital, and 東京, the capital of the east.

Used in 東京 (toukyou, Tokyo), 京都 (kyouto, Kyoto), and 上京 (joukyou, moving to Tokyo)

Words with 京

• 東京 (とうきょう, toukyou): Tokyo

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