京 – capital, 10**16

8 strokesTaught in grade 2#74 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 京 means capital, 10**16. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ、ケイ、キン (kyou, kei, kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みやこ (miyako). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 亠 (no. 8).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	みやこ	miyako

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 亠 (Kangxi radical 8). Components: 口・小・亠.

Words using 京

上京じょうきょうgoing (up) to the capital帰京ききょうreturning (home) to Tokyo

Example sentences

彼は商用で上京した。

He came up to Tokyo on business.

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Kanji with the same radical

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.