Japanese symbol for “kyoto”
京都
きょうと
Romaji: kyouto
Kyoto (city, prefecture)
In Japanese, kyoto is 京都, read きょうと (kyouto).
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Meanings
- n Kyoto (city, prefecture)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “kyoto”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 北京 | ほっきょう hokkyou | Kyoto |
| 北都 | ほくと hokuto | Kyoto |
| 西京 | さいきょう saikyou | western capital; Kyoto |
| 京の都 | きょうのみやこ kyounomiyako | Kyoto |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 東京 | とうきょう toukyou | Tokyo |
| 北京 | ペキン pekin | Beijing (China); Peking |
| 上京 | じょうきょう joukyou | going (up) to the capital; going to Tokyo |
| 中京 | ちゅうきょう chuukyou | Nagoya (city) |
| 帰京 | ききょう kikyou | returning (home) to Tokyo; returning to the capital |
| 都市 | とし toshi | town; city; municipal |
| 都合 | つごう tsugou | circumstances; condition; convenience |
| 首都 | しゅと shuto | (national) capital (city); metropolis |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.