TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
京
ㄐㄧㄥ · jīng
noun — capital city
字源 FORM — what the parts do
京形a tall hall on a high moundthe pointed roof above, long posts beneath
A tall hall raised on a man-made mound — pointed roof above, long posts beneath, the highest built thing in sight. Where the highest halls cluster, the capital: 京城、北京、東京.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
走了三天，遠遠看見土台上那座高樓——京城到了。
Three days' walk; far off, the tall hall on its mound — the capital.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)高丘上的高樓— a lofty hall on a high mound
→京城、北京— the capital常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension