This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キョウ、ケイ、キン、みやこ
Romaji: kyō, kei, kin, miyako
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Name Reading

Kana: たか
Romaji: taka
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Meanings

capital, 10**16

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  8
Frequency:  74
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  2-2-6
Korean Reading:  gyeong
Chinese Reading:  jing1
Unicode:  4eac
JIS:  357E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2052
Nelson Index: 295
New Nelson Index: 93
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j6.3
Four Corner Index: 0090.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 99
Gakken Index: 16
Japanese Names Index: 663
Daikanwanjiten Index: 299
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0545
Remembering the kanji Index: 312
Busy People Index: 2.10
Kanji Way Index: 303
Kanji Flashcards Index: 109
Kodansha Compact Index: 39
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 110
Kanji in Context Index: 233
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1297
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1766
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 318
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 334
Essential Kanji Index: 172
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2546
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 441
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 63
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 157

Words

(きょう、けい)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha-uta; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion
東京 (とうきょう)
Tokyo
北京 (ペキン)
Beijing (China); Peking
上京 (じょうきょう)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
南京 (ナンキン)
Nanking; Nanjing; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian; foreign; rare; precious; cute
(みやこ)
capital; metropolis
京都 (きょうと)
Kyoto
京阪 (けいはん)
Kyoto-Osaka
中京 (ちゅうきょう)
Nagoya and environs
京浜 (けいひん)
Tokyo and Yokohama
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