CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

京

 

 

8 strokes ( 亠 )

ㄐlㄥ1 (jing1)

jīng

 

京 = capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number; artificial mound; abbreviation for Beijing; Chinese surname; Jing ethnic minority => its form is sometimes described as a picture of a building on a hill, where capital cities are often built

related:  亠 , 北京

 

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