Chinese Character 京 Meanings and components.

Form

京

Meaning

京 meaning[3] in English

Abbr. For Beijing.

Surname Jing.

Jing Ethnic Minority.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 京 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are 'lid' radical in … (亠) , mouth (口) , and small (小)

Its radical[1] is: 亠 (tou2) which means: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8), .亠tou2'lid' radical …

In cangjie it is written with YRF

How to write 京

To write京jing1abbr. for … you should write a combination of 亠tou2'lid' radical … 口kou3mouth , 小xiao3small arranged in a 吕 shape:

亠 + 口 + 小 = 京

京 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 京 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 京, looks as follow:

京
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Beijing . Surname Jing . Jing Ethnic Minority
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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