• 566th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 38 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jīng (Jing1)abbr. for Beijing • surname Jing • Jing ethnic minority
2. jīng (jing1)capital city of a country • big • algebraic term for a large number (old) • artificial mound (old)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

北京 

Medium Frequency

 
京剧 (京劇)
京城 
北京人 
北京市 
南京 
南京市 
回京 
东京 (東京)
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  • 413th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 260 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chéng (cheng2)city walls • city • town • CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for chéng (cheng2)The component is pronounced as 'chéng' (cheng2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

 
城市 

Medium Frequency

京城 
倾城 (傾城)
全城 
古城 
商城 
围城 (圍城)
城区 (城區)
城堡 
城府 
城墙 (城牆)
城管 
城乡 (城鄉)
城镇 (城鎮)
增城 
攻城 
新城 
曼城 
东城 (東城)
东城区 (東城區)
满城 (滿城)
省城 
禅城区 (禪城區)
县城 (縣城)
西城区 (西城區)
费城 (費城)
进城 (進城)
达坂城 (達坂城)
长城 (長城)
双城 (雙城)
韩城 (韓城)
龙城 (龍城)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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