Chinese mnemonics and annotator
Matthews
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京 jīng capital
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#239b
Chapter-15
8 strokes
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Compositions
Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles
| 京 |
Ching is composed of a contraction of 高 kao high and a vertical line, and is supposed to picture a high mound (cf. capitolium). It was formerly a radical, but is now classed under 亠 t'ou, the meaning of which is unknown. |
Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)
京
jīng
capital city of a country/big/algebraic term for a large number (old)/artificial mound (old)/abbr. for Beijing/surname Jing/Jing ethnic minority
Phrases ending with the given character
亲親qīn
北北běi
京京jīng
pro-Beijing (stance, party etc)
驻駐zhù
北北běi
京京jīng
stationed in Beijing