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京 - jīng

capital city

capital city

How to read 京

Click 京 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinjīng
Englishcapital city
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

京兆 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 京剧. Please read 京口 one more time.

Common words with this character

capital of a country
Beijing opera; CL:場|场[chang3],齣|出[chu1]
see 京口區|京口区[Jing1 kou3 Qu1]
Beijing flavor; Beijing style

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 京 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 京兆 and 京剧 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 京.