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Mythic Mandarin

北京 (Běi jīng): meaning and stroke order

北京 (Běi jīng) means Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京).

北京

Simplified
北京
Traditional
北京 (same form)
Pinyin
Běi jīng

Stroke order of 北京

北

  • běi north; (classical) to be defeated
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

京

  • Jīng surname Jing; Jing ethnic minority
  • jīng capital city of a country; big
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 北京

  1. Běi jīng
    • Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China (abbr. to 京[Jing1])

Radicals of the characters

北
Radical 匕 (Kangxi radical 21) · 5 strokes
京
Radical 亠 (Kangxi radical 8) · 8 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

北京 in our stories

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  • 何芳刚到北京工作，想租一个小房间。

    Hé Fāng gāng dào Běijīng gōngzuò xiǎng zū yí gè xiǎo fángjiān

    He Fang has just started working in Beijing and wants to rent a small room.

    From the story The cheap room HSK 3

  • 程昊准备了三个月，终于拿到了北京一家大公司的最后一轮面试。

    Chéng Hào zhǔnbèi le sān gè yuè zhōngyú nádào le Běijīng yì jiā dà gōngsī de zuìhòu yì lún miànshì

    After three months of preparation, Cheng Hao finally reached the last round of interviews at a big company in Beijing.

    From the story The old man who lost his horse HSK 6

Stories using 北京

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).