京
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jīng · capital city

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8Total strokes

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Top-middle-bottomCharacter structure

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亠Key radical

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Common words with 京

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Example sentences

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Wǒ shì shàng gè yuè lái de běi jīng.我是上个月来的北京。

I came to Beijing last month.

Source: Tatoeba #2737457 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì cóng jīng dōu lái de.我是从京都来的。

I am from Kyoto.

Source: Tatoeba #2848940 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ men yào qù běi jīng, yě yào qù shàng hǎi.我们要去北京,也要去上海。

We want to go to Beijing and Shanghai.

Source: Tatoeba #1173216 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì zài běi jīng xué xí zhōng wén de.我是在北京学习中文的。

It was in Beijing that I studied Chinese.

Source: Tatoeba #844670 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì zài běi jīng xué xí de zhōng wén.我是在北京学习的中文。

It was in Beijing that I studied Chinese.

Source: Tatoeba #844714 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ shì zài běi jīng xué de zhōng wén.我是在北京學的中文。

It was in Beijing that I studied Chinese.

Source: Tatoeba #859024 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 京 in context

  1. Say jīng, then recall the core meaning: capital city.
  2. Write all 8 strokes while keeping the top-middle-bottom balanced.
  3. Use it in 京剧 (jīng jù), meaning “Beijing opera”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 京 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.