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京 means 'capital'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 201   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-5    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 10    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 51 words   Used in 122 words   Used in 1569 names   Component in 30 kanji (7 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョウ   ケイ
Additional readings
On    キン
Kun    みやこ capital, 10**16
Name    たか
Variants
亰  
Notes
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Learn to associate the キョウ, ケイ, and キン readings of 京 with very different contexts. Find out which three cities this character can represent. See how 京 pairs with all cardinal directions—but how “western capital” and “southern capital” aren’t what you’d expect. (One has a relationship to miso, the other to peanuts!) And learn about the people of Tokyo and Kyoto through old proverbs.
Components
⿳  亠 lid  口 mouth  小 small  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 京 is used 9 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 京 is used 92 times, read 3 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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キョウ : 76 words FIND ALL
と う き ょ う 0
noun
Tokyo
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ケイ : 14 words FIND ALL
け い は ん 1 け い は ん 0
noun
Kyoto-Osaka
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みやこ : 1 word FIND ALL
み や こ 0
Most common form: 都
noun
capital; metropolis
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
ペ キ ン 1
noun
Beijing; Peking
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An additional 31 less common words include 京 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 110 (originally: 99)  Joy o' Kanji : 99  Key to Kanji: 205 

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京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
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