京
京 is the Chinese, Korean, and Japanese term meaning "capital", and it appears in the name of several locations:
- Beijing (北京, literally "northern capital")
- Đông Kinh (東京, "eastern capital"), one of the former names of Hanoi. See in Tonkin
- Kyoto (京都, "capital city")
- Gaegyeong (開京, "open capital") or Kaesong (開城, "capital castle"), two of the former names of Kaesong
- Nanjing (南京, "southern capital")
- Tokyo (東京, "eastern capital")
It may also refer to:
- 京 (Kyo (musician)), a Japanese musician known as the vocalist of Dir En Grey
- The Chinese number 京 jīng and the Japanese number 京 kei, both meaning ten quadrillion (10,000,000,000,000,000)
See also
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