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Kanji Detail for 畿 - "capital region, imperial domain"

畿

  • Meaning

    畿 means "capital region, imperial domain."

    1. Capital region - The area around the imperial capital.

    2. Imperial domain - Territory directly ruled by the emperor.

  • Words using 畿

    • 近畿 きんき Listen Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)

  • Tattoo check: 畿

    • Verified meaning: capital region, imperial domain
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    capital; suburbs of capital

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    imperial domain; area near capital

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    territory around the capital

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    imperial domain; area near the capital

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The land where the Son of Heaven resides is called 畿. (Book of Odes) "The royal domain of a thousand li."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    miyako(みやこ) みやこ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    田 (ta・tahen)

  • Related Keywords

    capital region imperial domain administration authority center city dominion emperor government jurisdiction metropolis monarch palace sovereignty territory

Sentences including 畿

  • In high school, I won the Osaka and Kinki championships in cross-country skiing and Nordic combined skiing on countless occasions.

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