Save Type Settlement Usage Japanese, English, French, Italian Scripts 東京(Japanese Kanji) とうきょう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. TO-KYO(Japanese) TO-kee-o(English) TO-KYO(French) TAW-kyo(Italian) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 東 (tō) meaning "east" and 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city". This is the name of the capital of Japan. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantTōkyō(Japanese) Other Languages & CulturesDongjing(Chinese) Donggyeong(Korean) Tóquio(Portuguese) Same SpellingTōkyō Categories national capitals
