(jīng) - to pass through; already; classic (in 已经, 经常, 经过) in Mandarin
jīngTraditional: 經
Translation
to pass through; already; classic (in 已经, 经常, 经过)
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the silk radical 纟refers to the warp threads of a loom (the original sense), and 巠 (jīng) supplies the sound; from warp threads come the senses of passing through and of a classic text.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 纟(silk radical) + 巠 (jīng, phonetic)
Stroke order
经
Examples
。
I've already eaten.
。
He often goes to the library.
。
I used to work there.
。
I passed by that bookshop.
。
He has been through many things.
经 (jīng) carries the senses of passing through, having undergone, and classic text. In daily speech it lives in 已经 (already), 经常 (often), and 曾经 (formerly, used to).
Where this fits
Appears in 6 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 经.
Used in
Grammar articles
(7)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
The Mandarin 把 (bǎ) Construction: Fronting the Object to Say What You Did To It
Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
Mandarin Intermediate Grammar (B1-B2 / HSK 4-5): Complements, Conjunctions and the Full 了 System
Mandarin Resultative Complements: Fusing a Result onto the Verb (看见, 吃完, 找到)
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
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