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高
⿱⿱
亠
口
小
Mandarin
jing1, jing3, qiang2, yuan2
English
Definitions
capital; Beijing; capital city
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: a tall building identical on top to
高
; the vertical center column
丨
in place of the bottom room accentuates its loftiness: the capital