京 Capital

Name

Primary

Capital

Mnemonic

This looks like the kind of building you'd find in a Japanese capital. See the ornate roof and the stone foundation flaring out underneath, like a castle? The emperor lives in there. And wherever the emperor lives automatically becomes the capital city. That's why this radical is capital.

Alternatively, you can use the radical parts and imagine a giant lid on the pot that will feed the mouths of all the small people in the capital.