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[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hopefully it helps in your studies. ✌️ 京 is present in both names, means capital.

京都 (Kyoto) Capital city

東京 (Tokyo) East Capital

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haha Tokyo & Kyoto are the first kanji you learn on duo.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really? The first Kanji lessons in my Duolingo are 1 2 3. The second is a few simple Kanji for names.

Tokyo and Kyoto don't show up til the third for me.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They've updated the course a lot since I did my first lesson when they released.

They're memorable for me because I turn off the english pronunciation... so To + Kyo & Kyo + To were the first kanji that I actually learned to read without inferring contextually.

[–] udon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

To add to the confusion though, Tokyo City is also written as 東京都, for example in addresses