Mnemonic comic for 京
Translation
Mnemonic
Mnemonic symbol: Beijing is China's capital, and a characteristic landmark of Beijing is the building called the underpants. Joan of Arc (ji) is trying out Beijing's large underpants (京) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The underpants have a nice pattern consisting of paintings of berets (亠), mandarins (口) and daisies (小).
All translations for 京
abbr. for Beijing / surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority
capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old)
Comments
京 character breakdown
"lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8)
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
small / tiny / few / young