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Mythic Mandarin

经 (jīng): meaning and stroke order

经 (jīng) means classics, sacred book, scripture, to pass through, to undergo, to bear, to endure.

经

Simplified
经
Traditional
經
Pinyin
jīng

Stroke order of 经

经

  • Jīng surname Jing
  • jīng classics; sacred book
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 經

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 经

  1. jīng Traditional 經
    • classics
    • sacred book
    • scripture
    • to pass through
    • to undergo
    • to bear
    • to endure
    • warp (textile)
    • longitude
    • menstruation
    • channel (TCM)
    • abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4]
  2. Jīng Traditional 經
    • surname Jing

Radical and structure

经
Radical 纟 (Kangxi radical 120) in its simplified form · 8 strokes · 纟 on the left, 𢀖 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 经

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).