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经 — classics; sacred book; scripture

classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo

Pinyin
jīng · Jīng
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — jīng, Jīng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 经: 8 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

经 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 经 in the HSK syllabus: 28

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 经常jīngchángfrequently; constantly; regularly; oftenHSK 2
  2. 已经yǐjīngalreadyHSK 2
  3. 经过jīngguòto pass; to go through; process; courseHSK 3
  4. 经理jīnglǐmanager; directorHSK 3
  5. 经济jīngjìeconomy; economicHSK 4
  6. 经历jīnglìto experience; to go through; experienceHSK 4
  7. 经验jīngyànexperience; to go through; to experienceHSK 4
  8. 曾经céngjīngonce; already; former; previously; everHSK 5
  9. 经典jīngdiǎnthe classics; scriptures; classical; classicHSK 5
  10. 经营jīngyíngto engage in; to run; to operateHSK 5
  11. 经商jīngshāngto trade; to carry out commercial activitiesHSK 6
  12. 历经lìjīngto experience; to go throughHSK 6
  13. 神经shénjīngnerve; mental state; unhinged; nutjobHSK 6
  14. 饱经沧桑bǎojīng-cāngsānghaving lived through many changesHSK 7–9
  15. 不经意bù jīngyìnot paying attention; carelessly; by accidentHSK 7–9
  16. 财经cáijīngfinance and economicsHSK 7–9
  17. 经jīngclassics; sacred book; scripture; to pass throughHSK 7–9
  18. 经度jīngdùlongitudeHSK 7–9
  19. 经费jīngfèifunds; expenditureHSK 7–9
  20. 经久不息jīngjiǔ-bùxīprolongedHSK 7–9
  21. 经贸jīngmàoeconomy and tradeHSK 7–9
  22. 经受jīngshòuto undergo; to endure; to withstandHSK 7–9
  23. 取经qǔjīngto journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scripturesHSK 7–9
  24. 市场经济shìchǎng jīngjìmarket economyHSK 7–9
  25. 天经地义tiānjīng-dìyìlit. heaven's law and earth's principle; fig. right and properHSK 7–9
  26. 一经yìjīngas soon as; onceHSK 7–9
  27. 引经据典yǐnjīng-jùdiǎnlit. to quote the classicsHSK 7–9
  28. 正经zhèngjingdecent; honorable; proper; seriousHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.