畿
capital, suburbs of capital
Readings
On'yomi
- キ
Kun'yomi
- みやこ
Meaning
畿 centers on the area around a capital: the capital itself and its surrounding suburbs or metropolitan region.
Most common words using 畿
- 近畿きんき
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近畿大学きんきだいがく
Kindai University
- 畿内きない
Kinai (the five provinces in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto)
- 京畿けいき
territories in the vicinity of Kyoto
- 近畿日本鉄道きんきにっぽんてつどう
Kinki Nippon Tetsudō (railway company)
- 近畿日本鉄道きんきにほんてつどう
Kinki Nihon Tetsudō (railway company)
- 五畿ごき
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
- 五畿七道ごきしちどう
the five home provinces and seven districts of ancient Japan
- 五畿内ごきない
the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)
- 京畿道キョンギド
Gyeonggi-do (South Korea); Gyeonggi Province
- 四畿内しきない
Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi; made obsolete in 757)
- 畿央大学きおうだいがく
Kio University
- 近畿圏きんきけん
wider Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama and Fukui prefectures); wider Kansai area
- 近畿地方きんきちほう
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
- 近畿職業能力開発大学校きんきしょくぎょうのうりょくかいはつだいがっこう
Kinki Polytechnical College
- 近畿郵政研修所きんきゆうせいけんしゅうじょ
Kinki Postal Training Institute
Study
Etymology
畿 combines 田 (field) with a phonetic element derived from 幾, which likely contributed the sound and the idea of a boundary or area. The character originally referred to the imperial domain or the region around the capital.
Meaning mnemonic
The upper part looks like a complex boundary marker, and 田 inside suggests fields. Picture the capital's outskirts marked by a special boundary enclosing the fields: that's the capital region.
Reading mnemonic
For キ, imagine a key (キー) that unlocks the gate to the capital suburbs: key -> キ, and the key opens the way into the capital area.