京
Jīngjīng HSK1

capital city

京 Jīng frequency
Beijing abbreviation
abbreviation for Beijing

他明天离京前往上海。

tā míng​tiān lí Jīng qián​wǎng Shàng​hǎi.

He is leaving Beijing for Shanghai tomorrow.

Jing proper name
a Chinese surname

京先生是这位作家的笔名。

Jīng xiān​sheng shì zhè wèi zuò​jiā de bǐ​míng.

Mr. Jing is this writer's pen name.

Jing people noun
the Jing (Gin) ethnic minority

京族主要分布在广西壮族自治区。

Jīng zú zhǔ​yào fēn​bù zài Guǎng​xī Zhuàng​zú zì​zhì​qū.

The Gin ethnic group is mainly distributed in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

京 jīng
capital noun
the capital city of a country

他下周要去京城出差。

tā xià zhōu yào qù jīng chéng chū​chāi.

He is going to the capital on a business trip next week.

big abbreviation
large, great, or magnificent (archaic)

“京”字在古代汉语中含有高大的意思。

“ jīng” zì zài gǔ​dài Hàn​yǔ zhōng hán​yǒu gāo​dà de yì​si.

The character 'Jing' carries the meaning of 'tall' or 'huge' in ancient Chinese.

ten quadrillion noun
an ancient algebraic term for a large number, often representing 10^16

在古代度量衡中，京是一个极大的计数单位。

zài gǔ​dài dù​liàng​héng zhōng, jīng shì yī gè jí​dà de jì​shù dān​wèi.

In ancient weights and measures, 'jing' was an extremely large unit of counting.

mound noun
an artificial hill or mound, often used to display military spoils

古代将领常在战场筑京观以彰显战功。

gǔ​dài jiàng​lǐng cháng zài zhàn​chǎng zhù jīng​guàn yǐ zhāng​xiǎn zhàn​gōng.

Ancient generals often built mounds of enemy corpses on battlefields to showcase their military achievements.

Frequency
Character
Written text
566th most common 368.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,777th most common 28.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
7.99 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
66.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+4EAC

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)