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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Han character [edit]

(radical 8 +6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜口火 (YRF), four-corner 00906, composition)

  1. capital city
  2. 10 quadrillions or 10 millions (1016)

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 88, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 299
  • Dae Jaweon: page 187, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 284, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+4EAC

See also [edit]

  • Chinese Numeral
    • Last:
    • Next: Larger numeral exists but not used anymore. ()

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale ging1)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. capital city
  2. ten quadrillion

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

/kyau/ > /kyoː/.

Noun [edit]

(hiragana きょう, romaji kyō, historical hiragana きやう)

  1. capital (city)
  2. (abbreviation) Tokyo (東京, Tōkyō)
  3. (abbreviation) Kyoto (京都, Kyōto)

Etymology 2 [edit]

Compound of miya (imperial palace) and ko (place).

Noun [edit]

(hiragana みやこ, romaji miyako)

  1. the place where the emperor resides
  2. a city that acts as an economic and political center; capital
  3. metropolis

Etymology 3 [edit]

Number [edit]

(けい, kei)

  1. 10,000,000,000,000,000, 1016, (US) ten quadrillion, (UK) ten thousand billion

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

Compounds [edit]

See also [edit]


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin jīng (jing1), Wade-Giles ching1)

  1. artifical mound (original meaning)
  2. capital (city)
  3. (abbreviation) Beijing (北京)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(kinh)