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京畿道きょんぎど

also: けいきどう

Meanings

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noun

Gyeonggi-do; Gyeonggi Province

Refers to the South Korean province surrounding Seoul. The reading キョンギド is standard in modern Japanese.

京畿道きょんぎどはソウルを取とり囲かこむ韓かん国こくの道どうです。
Gyeonggi-do is a South Korean province that surrounds Seoul.
京畿道きょんぎどの水原市すうぉんしには世せ界かい遺い産さんの華はな城じょうがあります。
In Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, there is the World Heritage site Hwaseong Fortress.

Written forms

京畿道
- キョンギド
  Standard kanji spelling for the South Korean province, read with the Korean-derived reading キョンギド.
- けいきどう
  Japanese on'yomi reading; rarely used in modern contexts, where the Korean reading キョンギド is preferred.
けいきどう

Kanji

京capital, 10**16
畿capital, suburbs of capital
道road-way, street, district

Etymology

From Korean 경기도 (Gyeonggi-do), meaning 'capital region province'. The kanji 京畿道 are used in Japanese to represent the Korean name, with the reading キョンギド approximating the Korean pronunciation.