经 jīng go through
go through; to pass through; the classics; to manage
How to remember 经: 纟 silk + 𢀖 warp threads = go through. The patient grandmother shows her grandson how the silk must slip over and under the warp threads to go through the loom.
Component breakdown
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
经 = 纟 silk + 𢀖 warp threads
- 纟 silk meaning
- 𢀖 warp threads sound
The patient grandmother shows her grandson how the silk must slip over and under the warp threads to go through the loom.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
How it is used
- In 已经 (yǐjing) marks "already", and 经常 (jīngcháng) means "often": the two most frequent everyday uses.
- Verb sense "to pass through/undergo": 经过 (jīngguò) pass by, 经历 (jīnglì) go through/experience. Contrast 经验 (jīngyàn, the accumulated experience, a noun) with 经历 (a specific lived experience/undergo).
- Also the "classics/scripture" and "manage" senses: 经济 (jīngjì) economy, 经理 (jīnglǐ) manager.
Words with 经
- 已经yǐjīngalreadyHSK 2
- 经常jīngchángoftenHSK 2
- 经过jīngguòto passHSK 3
- 经理jīnglǐmanagerHSK 3
- 经历jīnglìundergoHSK 4
- 经验jīngyànexperienceHSK 4
- 经济jīngjìeconomyHSK 4
- 曾经céngjīngonceHSK 5
- 经典jīngdiǎnthe classicsHSK 5
- 经营jīngyíngto engage in (business etc)HSK 5
- 历经lìjīngto experienceHSK 6
- 神经shénjīngnerveHSK 6
- 经商jīngshāngto tradeHSK 6
- 一经yìjīngas soon asHSK 7
- 不经意bùjīngyìnot paying attentionHSK 7
- 取经qǔjīngto journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scripturesHSK 7
- 市场经济shìchǎngjīngjìmarket economyHSK 7
- 引经据典yǐnjīng-jùdiǎnliterally to quote the classicsHSK 7
- 正经zhèngjingdecentHSK 7
- 经久不息jīngjiǔ-bùxīprolonged (applause, cheering etc)HSK 7
- 经受jīngshòuto undergo (hardship)HSK 7
- 经度jīngdùlongitudeHSK 7
- 经费jīngfèifundsHSK 7
- 天经地义tiānjīng-dìyìliterally heaven's law and earth's principleHSK 8
- 经贸jīngmàoeconomy and trade (short for 经济贸易)HSK 9
- 财经cáijīngfinance and economicsHSK 9
- 饱经沧桑bǎojīng-cāngsānghaving lived through many changesHSK 9
Example sentences
- 已经五点了。 Yǐjing wǔ diǎn le.It's already five o'clock.
- 他已经准备好了。 Tā yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo le.He already completed preparations.
- 我每天经过这家店。 Wǒ měitiān jīngguò zhè jiā diàn.I pass by this shop every day.
- 我以为你已经回家了。 Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ yǐjīng huíjiā le.I thought you had already gone home.