京京

京京

Chinese

		capital; Beijing (abbrev.)	capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (京京)		京	京

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jīngjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjing
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Middle Chinese: /kˠiæŋ  kˠiæŋ/▼

Rime
Character	京
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舉卿切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/kiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiajŋ/
Li Rong	/kiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/kĭɐŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]raŋ  [k]raŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kraŋ  kraŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	京
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ kjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]raŋ/
English	hill; capital city
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	京
Reading #	1/1
No.	6828
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	驚
Old Chinese	/*kraŋ/

Adjective

京京

1. (literary) worried

   • 念我獨兮，憂心京京。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     念我独兮，忧心京京。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Niàn wǒ dú xī, yōu xīn jīngjīng. [Pinyin]

     I think how I stand alone,
     And the sorrow of my heart grows intense.