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京.

Kanadome · kei · kyau · kyō · Second grade kyōiku kanji

capital city

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Meaning & usage

affixkyō · kyau[kʲo̞ː]

  1. capital city

  2. Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)

    specifically

  3. Tōkyō (a province of Japan)

    especially
Where this word comes from

From Middle Chinese 京 (MC kjaeng).

characterSecond grade kyōiku kanji

  1. capital city

    kanji

  2. ten quadrillion (short scale); ten thousand billion (long scale); 10¹⁶

    kanji

  3. Tokyo

    kanji

  4. Kyoto

    kanji
nounkyō · kyau[kʲo̞ː]

  1. capital city

  2. short for 京都 (Kyōto, “Kyōto (a city in Kyōto, Japan)”)

    abbreviation · alt-of
    京の着倒れ、大阪の食い倒れ
Where this word comes from

From Middle Chinese 京 (MC kjaeng).

numkei[ke̞ː]

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

nameKanadome[ka̠na̠do̞me̞]

  1. a surname

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