Thursday, January 15, 2015

15 Jan - 京 - (P: ㄐㄧㄥ) - Capital

Word: 京
Pronounced: ㄐㄧㄥ || Jīng

Building Blocks:
- (P: ㄊㄡˊ || Tóu) - Radical for lid
- (P: ㄎㄡˇ || Kǒu) - Mouth
- (P: ㄒㄧㄠˇ || Xiǎo) - Small)

Constructing the Character :
The CAPITAL () put a LID () on the SMALL () MOUTH ()

Expansion:
北京 (ㄅㄟˇ ㄐㄧㄥ|| Běijīng) - Beijing
南京 (ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄥ|| Nánjīng) - Nanjing
東京 (ㄉㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ|| Dōngjīng) - Tokyo

Other words that use
(ㄐㄧㄥ || Jīng) - Whale
(ㄐㄧㄥˇ || Jǐng) - View
(ㄌㄧㄤˊ || Liáng) - Cool
(ㄐㄧㄡˋJiù) - At Once

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