IDENTITY
经jīngto pass through; classic
HSK 3Top 200
CORE MEANING
to pass through; classic
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to pass through; experienceHSK3
- 2.classicHSK5
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 纟silk radical (sī)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰纟𢀖
- silk threads (warp)
- gives the sound jīng (historical)
USAGE
Common words
已经yǐjīngalready
经常jīngchángoften
经理jīnglǐmanager
Graded examples
他经常锻炼身体。Tā jīngcháng duànliàn shēntǐ.HSK3
He often exercises.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
The silk (纟) warp threads that run through the loom — passing through; the classic. (From 經.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
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