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经 — stroke order

jīng
ㄐㄧㄥ
Meaning
the classics
Strokes
8
Radical
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Watch how to write (jīng) stroke by stroke. 经 has 8 strokes and means “the classics”. It appears in common words such as 已经 (already) and 曾经 (once). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 经

The most common words that use 经 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

已经yǐjīngalready曾经céngjīngonce经典jīngdiǎnthe classics经过jīngguòto pass经历jīnglìexperience经常jīngchángfrequently

How 经 is written

Radical
Formation
Pictophonetic character — formed from a semantic component 纟 and a phonetic component 工 (thread).

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