京 jīng capital

Made up of [亠 tóu head; lid radical 8, 口 kǒu mouth radical 30, 小 xiǎo small; young radical 42]
Used as component 京 in :惊 jīng ; 景 jǐng ; 就 jiù ; 凉 liáng ; 影 yǐng
Made with 8 strokes.
The character for capital is a simplified form of a character derived from that for 'tall'

Ancient small seal form

Related characters

Also uses 亠 tóu component: 亨 hēng (prosperous) 六 liù (six) ; 亩 mǔ (area) ; 商 shāng (commerce) ; 市 shì (market) ; 亡 wáng (to die) ; 夜 yè (night) ; 亦 yì (also)
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) ; 超 chāo (to exceed) ; 吃 chī (to eat) ; 船 chuán (boat) ; 啡 fēi (coffee) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 福 fú (good fortune) ; 告 gào (to tell) ; 各 gè (each) ; 宫 gōng (palace) ; 狗 gǒu (dog) ; 古 gǔ (ancient) ; 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) ; 号 hào (name) ; 和 hé (together) ; 合 hé (to close) ; 喝 hē (drink) ; 亨 hēng (prosperous) ; 后 hòu (behind) ; 回 huí (to circle) ; 或 huò (maybe) ; 吉 jí (lucky) ; 叫 jiào (called) ; 咎 jiù (fault) ; 句 jù (sentence) ; 局 jú (office) ; 君 jūn (monarch) ; 咖 kā (coffee) ; 可 kě (can) ; 另 lìng (other) ; 吗 mǎ (?) ; 命 mìng (life) ; 名 míng (name) ; 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) ; 呢 ne (and you?) ; 啤 pí (hops) ; 品 pǐn (article) ; 如 rú (as) ; 尚 shàng (still) ; 事 shì (matter) ; 史 shǐ (history) ; 虽 suī (although) ; 台 tái (typhoon) ; 唐 táng (Tang) ; 听 tīng (to listen) ; 同 tóng (same) ; 问 wèn (ask) ; 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) ; 兄 xiōng (elder brother) ; 咬 yǎo (to bite) ; 右 yòu (right) ; 语 yǔ (language) ; 员 yuán (person) ; 曰 yuē (to speak) ; 占 zhān (to observe) ; 只 zhī (one) ; 知 zhī (to know) ; 周 zhōu (circuit) ; 足 zú (foot)
Also uses 小 xiǎo component: 当 dāng (to be) 尚 shàng (still) ; 少 shǎo (less) ; 孙 sūn (grandson)

Sounds same

精 jīng (refined) ; 经 jīng (Classic) ; 惊 jīng (to start) ; 睛 jīng (eye)

Different tone

井 jǐng ; 井 jǐng (well) ; 景 jǐng (bright)

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Provinces

Cities

南京 Nanjing, Jiangsu
北京 Beijing City, Beijing