# 京 — Capital

Frequency rank 282 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 軍 (Army), less common than 万 (Ten Thousand).

- On’yomi: きょう、けい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 亠 Lid (Kangxi 8)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 8

Nail the waxed plank down on the barrel, muffle the screaming inside it, and roll it onto the pile with the others.

In words:

- 上京 じょうきょう — proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
- 帰京 ききょう — returning to Tokyo

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