jīng

abbr. for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]

surname Jing; Jing ethnic minority; capital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old); artificial mound (old)

a picture of 京 → a grand building raised on a hill

The original image showed a tall structure elevated on a mound, signaling importance and centrality. From that sense of a prominent place came its core meaning: the capital city.

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Words with 京

进京

jìn jīng

to enter the capital

镐京

hào jīng

Haojing (in modern Shaanxi, northwest of Chang'an county), capital of Western Zhou from c. 1050 BC

驻京

zhù jīng

(abbr.) stationed in Beijing

魏京生

wèi jīng shēng

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

中俄北京条约

zhōng é běi jīng tiáo yuē

the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia

京九铁路

jīng jiǔ tiě lù

JingJiu (Beijing-Kowloon) railway

京二胡

jīng èr hú

jing'erhu, a two-stringed fiddle intermediate in size and pitch between the jinghu 京胡 and erhu 二胡, used to accompany Chinese opera

京兆

jīng zhào

capital of a country

京剧

jīng jù

Beijing opera

京口

jīng kǒu

see 京口區|京口区[Jing1 kou3 Qu1]

京口区

jīng kǒu qū

Jingkou, a district of Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市[Zhen4 jiang1 Shi4], Jiangsu

京味

jīng wèi

Beijing flavor

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