京(jīng)

HSK 18 strokes

surname Jing

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Character information

Pinyin
jīng
Meaning
surname Jing; Jing ethnic minority; abbr. for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 1
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 京 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿳亠口小

A capital building on a hill

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

亠tóu口kǒu小xiǎo

Parts are arranged three parts stacked.

How to write 京 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 京

Common words using 京 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

běi北jīng京
HSK 1

Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (short name 京[Jing1])

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jīng京jù剧
HSK 3

Beijing opera; CL:场,出

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jīng京zhào兆

capital of a country

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jīng京kǒu口

see 京口区

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jīng京wèi味

Beijing flavor

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jīng京chéng城

capital of a country

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jīng京shān山

see 京山市[Jing1 shan1 Shi4]

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jīng京shī师

capital of a country (literary)

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一七三上下不东两

From 京’s common words

北剧兆口味城山师

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