The kanji 経: meaning, readings and stroke order
経
- Meaning
- pass through, sutra
- On reading
- ケイ kei、キョウ kyou
- Kun reading
- へ(る) heru
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
- Old form
- 經
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- trải qua, kinh Phật (kinh)
- Japanese
- ときや ところを とおって いく。おきょう。
- Korean
- 지나다, 불경 (경)
- Chinese
- 经过、佛经 (经)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading
経験
experience
これは はじめての 経験でした。
This was a brand-new experience for me.
キョウ kyou · on reading · less common
経
sutra, Buddhist chant
お寺で お経を 聞きました。
At the temple, I listened to sutras being chanted.
へ(る) heru · kun reading · less common
経る
to pass (time), to go through
十年を 経て 町は すっかり 変わりました。
Ten years have passed, and the town has completely changed.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.