jīng capital

Made up of [ tóu head; lid radical 8, kǒu mouth radical 30, xiǎo small; young radical 42]
Used as component in : jīng ; jǐng ; jiù ; liáng ; 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 Small seal

Related characters


Also uses tóu component: hēng (prosperous) liù (six) (area) shāng (commerce) shì (market) wáng (to die) (night) (also)
Also uses kǒu component: (supposition or suggestion) chàng (to sing) chāo (to exceed) chī (to eat) chuán (boat) fēi (coffee) (rich) (good fortune) gào (to tell) (each) gōng (palace) gǒu (dog) (ancient) hāi (sound of sighing) hào (name) (together) (to close) (drink) hēng (prosperous) hòu (behind) huí (to circle) huò (maybe) (lucky) jiào (called) jiù (fault) (sentence) (office) jūn (monarch) (coffee) (can) lìng (other) (?) mìng (life) míng (name) míng (to call (birds)) ne (and you?) (hops) pǐn (article) (as) shàng (still) shì (matter) shǐ (history) suī (although) tái (typhoon) táng (Tang) tīng (to listen) tóng (same) wèn (ask) (to be fond of) xiōng (elder brother) yǎo (to bite) yòu (right) (language) yuán (person) yuē (to speak) zhān (to observe) zhī (one) zhī (to know) zhōu (circuit) (foot)
Also uses xiǎo component: dāng (to be) shàng (still) shǎo (less) sūn (grandson)

Sounds same

jīng (refined) jīng (Classic) jīng (to start) jīng (eye)

Different tone

jǐng jǐng (well) jǐng (bright)

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Provinces

北京 Beijing

Cities

南京 Nanjing, Jiangsu
北京 Beijing City, Beijing