This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

The sun 日 rising over a city 京; 京 also provides the pronunciation

  • 景 scenery, view; conditions, circumstances jǐng
    • 日 sun; day; daytime rì
    • 京 capital city jīng
      • 小 small, tiny, insignificant xiǎo
景 jǐng scenery, view conditions, circumstances 影憬

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