経 – sutra, longitude, pass thru

11 strokesTaught in grade 5#79 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 経 means sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ、キョウ、キン (kei, kyou, kin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is へ.る、た.つ、たていと、はか.る、のり (heru, tatsu, tateito, hakaru, nori). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
On’yomi	キン	kin
Kun’yomi	へ.る	heru
Kun’yomi	た.つ	tatsu
Kun’yomi	たていと	tateito
Kun’yomi	はか.る	hakaru
Kun’yomi	のり	nori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・土・又.

Words using 経

経済けいざいeconomy経験けいけんexperience神経しんけいnerve経営けいえいmanagement経由けいゆgoing through経緯けいいdetails経つたつto pass (of time)経るへるto pass経度けいどlongitude経歴けいれきpersonal history経路けいろcourse経過けいかpassage (of time)経費けいひexpenses

Example sentences

アメリカはサービス経済の国だ。

The U.S. is a service economy.

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この仕事では経験がものを言う。

Experience counts in this job.

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必ずしも成長段階の子供たちを、あまり細かい神経をつかって扱うべきでない。

Growing children should not always be handled with kid gloves.

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Kanji with the same radical

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