The shell bone script for character Capital is
A high building with a support pillar, only could be seen in Capital in the ancient time.
It is very similar to
High - 高(Post 124)
a 口 in the bottom, which could be a city gate, the highest building of the city in ancient time
Both characters are similar, present big buildings.
The big seal script for Capital is
Its small seal script is
changed, but we still can see the similarity to the old scripts.
Its clerical script is
changed big, difficult to see the pillar and the lookout tower.
We say 北京 - Bei Jing: The capital in north.
南京 - Nan Jing: The capital in south (It was capital in China).
Its Pinyin is Jing1.
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