景
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(bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight
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Dict coverage rank #722 U+666F
How 景 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The sun 日 rising over a city 京; 京 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
scenery · Heisig RSH #331
sun + capitol building
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 景 as their sound component
These characters all use 景 (jǐng) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 景 sound component | jǐng | scenery, view; conditions, circumstances |
| 影 | yǐng | shadow; image, reflection; photograph |
| 憬 | jǐng | to rouse, to awaken; to become conscious |
Words containing 景
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 石景山区 | Shí jǐng shān Qū | Shijingshan, an inner district of west Beijing |
| 好景不长 | hǎo jǐng bù cháng | a good thing doesn't last forever (idiom) |
| 不景气 | bù jǐng qì | slack; in a slump |
| 机关布景 | jī guān bù jǐng | machine-operated stage scenery |
| 石景山 | Shí jǐng shān | see 石景山區|石景山区[Shi2 jing3 shan1 Qu1] |
| 见景生情 | jiàn jǐng shēng qíng | to be touched by a scene; to adapt to the situation |
| 景东县 | Jǐng dōng Xiàn | see 景東彝族自治縣|景东彝族自治县[Jing3 dong1 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 红景天 | hóng jǐng tiān | roseroot (Rhodiola rosea) |
| 风景线 | fēng jǐng xiàn | a strip of scenic beauty (coast, river, road etc); (fig.) an eye-catching feature |
| 大杀风景 | dà shā fēng jǐng | to be a blot on the landscape; to dampen spirits; to spoil the fun; to be a wet blanket |
| 前景可期 | qián jǐng kě qī | to have a promising future; to have bright prospects |
| 人文景观 | rén wén jǐng guān | place of cultural interest |
| 应景儿 | yìng jǐng r | according with the times; seasonal |
| 景宁县 | Jǐng níng Xiàn | see 景寧畲族自治縣|景宁畲族自治县[Jing3 ning2 She1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 背景音乐 | bèi jǐng yīn yuè | background music (BGM); soundtrack; musical setting |
| 景区 | jǐng qū | scenic area |
| 景县 | Jǐng Xiàn | Jing County or Jingxian, a county in Hengshui City 衡水市[Heng2 shui3 Shi4], Hebei |
| 景山 | Jǐng shān | Jingshan (name of a hill in Jingshan park) |
| 地景 | dì jǐng | landscape; terrain |
| 西洋景 | xī yáng jǐng | see 西洋鏡|西洋镜[xi1 yang2 jing4] |