西京
Chinese edit
west | capital; Beijing (abbrev.) | ||
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simp. and trad. (西京) |
西 | 京 |
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
西京
- (historical) "The Western Capital", a former name of:
- Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi, during the Han, Sui, and Tang dynasties
- Luoyang (洛陽/洛阳), Henan, during the later Jin dynasty
- Datong (大同), Shanxi, during the Liao dynasty
- Chengdu (成都), Sichuan, during its occupation by a short-lived successor state to the Ming.
- Pyongyang (平壤), Korea, officially from before 921 to 1369 and poetically thereafter
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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西 | 京 |
さい Grade: 2 |
きょう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
西京 • (saikyō) ←さいきやう (saikyau)?
- a western capital, a former name of a number of cities
- one of the proposed names of Kitakyushu (北九州)
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Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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西 | 京 |
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Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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西 | 京 |
Proper noun edit
西京