What does kanji 京 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 京 is capital.

How is kanji 京 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 京 are みやこ; the onyomi readings are キョウ, ケイ, キン.

Which school grade teaches kanji 京?

Kanji 京 is taught in Jōyō Grade 2.

What is the main radical of kanji 京?

The main radical for kanji 京 is 亠.

What words use kanji 京?

Example words that use kanji 京 include 京, 都, 京劇, 京都.

JōyōJLPT N4Kanken 9

京

Meaning

Kanji 京

capital

capital, 10**16

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: みやこ
Onyomi 音読み: キョウケイキン
Nanori 名乗り: たか

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō: Grade 2
JLPT: JLPT N4
Frequency: #74
Strokes: 8
Radical: 亠
Components: 亠 • 口 • 小
Kanji Kentei: Level 9
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 356 entries that include this kanji.

京

きょう

final word of an iroha poem

都

みやこ

location of the Imperial Palace

京劇

きょうげき

classical Chinese opera

京都

きょうと

Kyoto (city, prefecture)

京阪

けいはん

Keihan Electric Railway (abbr)

キン族

キンぞく

Kinh (people)

京アニ

きょうアニ

Kyoto Animation Co., Ltd. (abbr)

京ことば

きょうことば

Kyoto dialect

京セラ

きょうセラ

Kyocera

京セラミタ

きょうセラミタ

Kyocera Mita

京に田舎あり

きょうにいなかあり

even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them

京の水

きょうのみず

type of washing lotion from the end of the Edo period

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

京都は昔の都として有名です。

Kyoto is famous as the old capital.

その国は来年、京を別の町へ移すそうです。

That country is said to be moving its capital to another city next year.

長い間、あの町が京だった。

For a long time, that town was the capital.

王は新しい京を築こうとした。

The king tried to build a new capital.

日本の首都を古くは京と呼ぶことがあった。

In the past, Japan's capital was sometimes called miyako.

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Context Links Usage in Anime Open to see people, character names, and anime titles. 25 related entries

Real-world usage of this kanji in people, character names, and anime titles on Anime.Jepang.org.