See also:
U+4EAC, 京
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EAC

[U+4EAB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+4EAD]

Translingual

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Stroke order
 

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 8, +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜口火 (YRF), four-corner 00906, composition )

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 88, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 299
  • Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 284, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4EAC

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms
𡬱
𢂋
𦣿
 
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • (Written Standard Chinese?)
  • (Cantonese)
  • (Classical)

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       



References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – a tall building. Compare , which however is a Kangxi radical.

Etymology 1

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Either from:

Within Chinese, cognate with (OC *kraŋʔ, “large”), (OC *ɡraŋ, “whale”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • gia1, giaⁿ1 - vernacular;
  • ging1 - literary.
Note:
  • kiaⁿ - vernacular;
  • keng - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕin³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
/t͡ɕi¹³/ ~陵城
Hohhot /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕaŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕin³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕin³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕin⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kin⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kin²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /keŋ⁵³/
Nanning /keŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kiŋ⁵⁵/
/kiã⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /keiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kiã³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /keŋ²³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/kiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jīng
Middle
Chinese
‹ kjæng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[k]raŋ/
English hill; capital city

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6828
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kraŋ/

Definitions

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  1. capital (city)
      ―  jīngchéng  ―  capital city
      ―  jīng  ―  capital city and its surrounding area
      ―  Tàijīng  ―  (Thailand) Bangkok (the capital city of Thailand)
      ―  jīng  ―  (dated) Mexico City (the capital city of Mexico)
  2. Short for 北京 (Běijīng, “Beijing”). after 1949
      ―  jīng  ―  Beijing opera
      ―  jīngqiāng  ―  Beijing accent
  3. Short for 南京 (Nánjīng, “Nanjing”). between 1927–1948
  4. Short for 京都 (jīngdū, “Kyoto”). when referring Japan-related topics
  5. ten quadrillion, 1016
  6. tall mound
  7. large barn
  8. large; great
  9. ten million, 107
  10. septillion, 1024
  11. A hundred nonillion, 1032
See also
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Chinese numerals
104 108 1012 1016 1020 1024 1028 1032 1036 1040 1044 1048
(wàn) 亿 () (zhào) (Taiwan) (jīng) (Taiwan) (gāi) () (ráng) (gōu) (jiàn) (zhèng) (zài) ()
萬億万亿 (wànyì)
(Mainland China)
/亿亿
(Mainland China)

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (きょう) (kyō); (けい) (kei)
  • Korean: 경(京) (gyeong)
  • Vietnamese: kinh ()

References

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Etymology 2

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From Vietnamese Kinh, in turn from Sino-Vietnamese word from (capital).

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
Jinan /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /t͡ɕin³¹/
Hefei /t͡ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/
/t͡ɕi¹³/ ~陵城
Hohhot /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕaŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕin³³/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕin³³/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕin⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /kin⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /kin²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /keŋ⁵³/
Nanning /keŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /kiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kiŋ⁵⁵/
/kiã⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /keiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kiã³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /keŋ²³/

Definitions

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  1. Gin (ethnic Vietnamese from China)

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. capital city
  2. ten quadrillion (short scale); ten thousand billion (long scale); 1016
  3. Tokyo
  4. Kyoto

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
きょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC kjaeng).

Noun

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(きょう) (kyōきやう (kyau)?

  1. capital city
  2. Short for 京都 (Kyōto, Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)).
    京言葉(きょうことば) (kyōkotoba)
    (きょう)料理(りょうり) (kyōryōri, literally Kyōto cuisine)
    (きょう)着倒(きだお)れ、大阪(おおさか)()(だお)
    Kyō no kidaore, Ōsaka no kuidaore
    Spend Your Money on Fashion in Kyoto, eat till you’re broke in Osaka

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(きょう) (kyōきやう (kyau)?

  1. capital city
    Synonym: (literary) (raku)
  2. (specifically) Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)
    Synonym: (literary) (raku)
  3. (especially) Tōkyō (a province of Japan)
    上京(じょうきょう) (jōkyō)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
みやこ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

(miya, imperial palace) +‎ (ko, place).

Noun

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(みやこ) (miyako

  1. the place where the emperor resides
  2. a city that acts as an economic and political center; capital
  3. metropolis

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
けい
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Number

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(けい) (kei

  1. 10,000,000,000,000,000, 1016, (US) ten quadrillion, (UK) ten thousand billion

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Japanese numerical compounds with (けい) (kei)
1016 2 × 1016 3 × 1016 4 × 1016 5 × 1016 6 × 1016 7 × 1016 8 × 1016 9 × 1016 1017 1018
(いっ)(けい) (ikkei) ()(けい) (nikei) (さん)(けい) (sankei) (よん)(けい) (yonkei) ()(けい) (gokei) (ろっ)(けい) (rokkei) (なな)(けい) (nanakei) (はっ)(けい) (hakkei) (きゅう)(けい) (kyūkei) (じゅっ)(けい) (jukkei) (ひゃっ)(けい) (hyakkei)

Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC kjaeng). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what is its historical reading?”)

Hanja

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(eumhun 서울 (seoul gyeong))
(eumhun (gyeong gyeong))

  1. hanja form? of (capital)
  2. hanja form? of (10,000,000,000,000,000, 1016, (US) ten quadrillion, (UK) ten thousand billion)

Compounds

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See also

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References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典. [2]
  • Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 3. [3]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Việt readings: kinh[1][2][3][4][5][6], nguyên
: Nôm readings: kinh[1][2][3], kiêng[1][2][3][7], kềnh[1], kình[1]

Noun

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(kinh)

  1. chữ Hán form of kinh (capital city).

Adjective

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(Kinh)

  1. chữ Hán form of Kinh (ethnically Vietnamese).

Verb

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(kiêng)

  1. Nôm form of kiêng (to respect).

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