Jisho

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11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
metropolis, capital, all, everything
Kun:
みやこ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 都 【ト】 Metropolis (of Tokyo), (Tokyo) Metropolitan District, metropolitan prefecture, counter for cities and towns, capital
  • 都営 【トエイ】 (under) metropolitan government management
  • 遷都 【セント】 relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital
  • 東都 【トウト】 the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo), Yedo, Edo
  • 都度 【ツド】 each (every) time, whenever
  • 都合 【ツゴウ】 circumstances, condition, convenience, arranging, managing, lending money, raising money, in all, in total, all told

Kun reading compounds

  • 都 【みやこ】 capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government, capital (of music, fashion, etc.), city (e.g. of light), location of the Imperial Palace
  • 都入り 【みやこいり】 arriving in the capital
  • 京の都 【きょうのみやこ】 Kyoto
  • 花の都 【はなのみやこ】 City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)

Readings

Japanese names:
くに、 ず、 ち、 づめ、 みや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du1, dou1
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • metrópoli
  • capital

Portuguese

  • metropole
  • capital

French

  • métropole
  • capitale
287 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
376 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
355 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
92 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4769 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
173 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
265 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
188 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
338 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
761 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2120 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1505 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1863 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39497P Morohashi
1686 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6148 New Nelson (John Haig)
1846 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1989 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
384 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1444 2001 Kanji
2d8.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
4762.7 Four corner code
1-37-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90fd Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
Kun:
みや.び
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 雅 【ガ】 elegance, grace, festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
  • 雅致 【ガチ】 artistry, good taste, elegance, grace
  • 清雅 【セイガ】 graceful, elegant
  • 大雅 【タイガ】 major festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雅 【みやび】 refinement, elegance, grace
  • 雅び男 【みやびお】 elegant and refined man

Readings

Japanese names:
う、 お、 か、 ただし、 のり、 まさ、 まさし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya3, ya1
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • elegante
  • refinado
  • gracioso

Portuguese

  • elegante
  • benévolo
  • gracioso
  • refinado

French

  • bon goût
  • élégant
  • gracieux
  • raffiné
1057 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1271 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2850 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1211 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1885 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1913 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1456 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1550 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1638 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1853 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1532 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1926 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41973 Morohashi
1197 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6505 New Nelson (John Haig)
1907 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2056 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1684 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
8c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
1021.4 Four corner code
7021.4 Four corner code
1-18-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c5 Unicode hex code