京

jīng
#566 most
frequent character
capital city of a country, big

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

京 is a picture of a tall building, a royal pavilion. Its first meaning was “tall building”. From there it grew to “tall hill” and then “capital city”.

Drawn as: tall building; royal pavilion

京 as a component in other characters

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picture2 characters
就倞

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Same Characters, Different Readings

京Jing1
surname Jing, Jing ethnic minority

Homophones

HSK 6
茎jīng
stalk, stem
精jīng
skilled, refined, excellent
经jīng
to go through, to endure
惊jīng
to shock
晶jīng
crystal
睛jīng
eye, eyeball

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