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经 jīng — “to pass through”

How to write and say the Chinese character 经 (jīng), which means to pass through — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Can & must.

Stroke order笔顺

经 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

纟 (thread) hints at the meaning, and 工 lends its sound — together they make 经.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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