Read Edit View history 京 Jīngjīng HSK1 capital city Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a tall building. Similar to 高. Based on the original meaning "high place". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "capital city". Pinyin Separate values with commas jīng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 京 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 443, 848 ], [ 530, 797 ], [ 558, 764 ] ], [ [ 128, 630 ], [ 194, 621 ], [ 387, 653 ], [ 820, 698 ], [ 868, 693 ], [ 918, 676 ] ], [ [ 318, 529 ], [ 362, 479 ], [ 403, 331 ] ], [ [ 339, 535 ], [ 393, 519 ], [ 522, 538 ], [ 605, 558 ], [ 630, 561 ], [ 649, 556 ], [ 669, 543 ], [ 685, 522 ], [ 649, 441 ], [ 614, 416 ] ], [ [ 420, 351 ], [ 434, 366 ], [ 599, 389 ], [ 650, 387 ], [ 669, 380 ] ], [ [ 485, 350 ], [ 521, 318 ], [ 523, 102 ], [ 516, 53 ], [ 494, 15 ], [ 456, 29 ], [ 396, 66 ] ], [ [ 304, 266 ], [ 279, 204 ], [ 206, 93 ] ], [ [ 648, 266 ], [ 783, 170 ], [ 812, 122 ], [ 822, 89 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 456 811 Q 516 751 553 738 Q 572 735 582 752 Q 589 768 584 789 Q 566 838 495 852 Q 455 865 437 858 Q 430 857 434 841 Q 437 828 456 811 Z", "M 131 642 Q 106 639 124 619 Q 140 603 162 596 Q 187 589 206 595 Q 447 659 853 660 Q 878 660 902 659 Q 926 659 931 669 Q 938 682 919 699 Q 850 750 782 730 Q 557 691 131 642 Z", "M 333 538 Q 329 539 324 539 Q 311 540 309 536 Q 303 529 313 514 Q 344 462 368 373 Q 374 346 391 330 Q 410 311 414 326 Q 415 335 416 345 L 412 379 Q 411 382 383 498 C 376 527 363 534 333 538 Z", "M 660 401 Q 696 479 734 500 Q 753 519 739 539 Q 666 605 606 582 Q 438 531 333 538 C 303 539 353 494 383 498 Q 437 505 599 534 Q 624 538 634 529 Q 641 520 638 504 Q 622 452 606 412 C 595 384 647 374 660 401 Z", "M 527 359 Q 584 366 667 370 Q 677 371 679 380 Q 679 387 660 401 L 606 412 Q 605 413 603 412 Q 497 390 412 379 C 382 375 387 337 416 345 Q 432 351 478 353 L 527 359 Z", "M 443 59 Q 424 65 401 71 Q 389 75 389 68 Q 389 61 399 50 Q 453 -2 488 -45 Q 498 -55 514 -39 Q 551 12 553 110 Q 547 212 554 298 Q 561 325 555 335 Q 548 345 527 359 C 503 376 471 382 478 353 Q 488 320 493 212 Q 492 166 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