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Sinchung-nyeon Hongjeok geo gyeongseong, wang i Bokju.[Sino-Korean]
In the sinchuk year , the Red Bandits occupied the capital ; the king fled to Bokju.
Usage notes
When translating the English term capital city, use 首都 (shǒudū) when referring to the capital of a country, 首府 (shǒufǔ) when referring to the capital of a state or autonomous region, and 省會/省会 (shěnghuì) when referring to the capital of a province. Alternative terms for the capital of a country include 國都/国都 (guódū), 京城 (jīngchéng), 京都 (jīngdū), 京邑 (jīngyì) and 都城 (dūchéng) all of which are more commonly used in literary language. The term 京城 (jīngchéng) is most commonly used in historical dramas set in Imperial China.
From Old Japanese. First cited to a text from 706.[1] In turn, from Middle Chinese京城 (MC kjaeng dzyeng, literally “capital + city, town”).
Possibly encountered in older texts with the reading きょうじょう(kyōjō),[1] using the older goon pronunciation for both characters.
Use to refer to Seoul was based in part on the older name 漢城(Hanseong),[1] and in part on the Japanese sense of "imperial capital", in referring to the city as the center of administration under the Japanese Empire.[2] The city was also informally called 京城(Gyeongseong) in Korean during the Joseon dynasty (1392–1897).[3][4] See also Names_of_Seoul on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
^ Katsuhiro Kuroda (2004 July 2) “漢城、京城、セソウル?(Kanjō, Keijō, Sesouru?, “Hanseong, Gyeongseong, Seseoul (New Seoul)?”)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Sankei Shimbun, retrieved 2020-12-19