漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
経: sutra, longitude
Also: pass thru, expire, warp
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
- 糸thread(meaning)
- 圣(sound)
糸 carries the meaning · 圣 gives the sound
11 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 経済的なけいざいてきなeconomical
- 経験けいけんexperience
- 神経しんけいnerve
- 経費けいひexpenses
- 経度けいどlongitude
- 経営するけいえいするrun (e.g. company)
- 経由するけいゆするgo by way of, go via
- 経過するけいかするpass, elapse [v.i.]
キョウkyou · on'yomi
- お経おきょうBuddhist sutras
- 経典きょうてんsacred books
へるheru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 経るへるpass by, pass through
たつtatsu · kun'yomi
- 経つたつelapse [v.i.]
Also read キン, たていと, はかる, のり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)糸 silk; thread, as 糹 (meaning) + 巠 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 經 (rev. 93417022), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side経 sutra · 圣
vs級 class · 及In ChineseSimplified 经 · traditional 經 · jīng
Three different forms: Japanese 経, simplified 经, traditional 經.
- Simplified
- 经 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 經 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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