上京

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Chinese

up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
capital; Beijing (abbrev.)
simp. and trad.
(上京)

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Initial () (25) (28)
Final () (105) (111)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyangH kjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨɐŋH/ /kˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɐŋH/ /kᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiɑŋH/ /kiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑɨaŋH/ /kiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʑiaŋH/ /kiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭaŋH/ /kĭɐŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯aŋH/ /ki̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shàng jīng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
soeng6 ging1

Noun

上京

  1. (literary) capital

Proper noun

上京

  1. (archaic) China
  2. () Shangjing (a town in Datian, Sanming, Fujian, China)

Pronunciation 2


Verb

上⫽京 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. (historical) to go to the capital
    上京  ―  shàngjīng fù kǎo  ―  to go to the capital for the imperial examination

Japanese

Kanji in this term
じょう
Grade: 1
きょう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC dzyangX) + (MC kjaeng).

Pronunciation

Noun

(じょう)(きょう) (jōkyōじやうきやう (zyaukyau)?

  1. going to capital city
    1. going to Tokyo
    2. (historical or humorous) going to Kyoto
      Synonyms: (じょう)(らく) (jōraku)

Verb

(じょう)(きょう)する (jōkyō suruじやうきやう (zyaukyau)?intransitive suru (stem (じょう)(きょう) (jōkyō shi), past (じょう)(きょう)した (jōkyō shita))

  1. go to capital city
    1. go to Tokyo
    2. (historical or humorous) go to Kyoto
      Synonyms: (じょう)(らく) (jōraku)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

上京 (sanggyeong) (hangeul 상경)

  1. hanja form? of 상경