Original: In Japanese, the city has been called KyÅ (ä), Miyako (é 1\/2) or KyÅ no Miyako (ä ã é 1\/2). In the 11th century, the city was renamed Kyoto ("capital city"), after the Chinese word for capital city, jingdu (ä é 1\/2).
Simplified: Kyoto (ä é 1\/2) is a city in Japan.