漢字城 Kanji Fortress

経 pass

Also: experience

On'yomi
ケイ、キョウ
Kun'yomi
へ-る、た-つ
Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 5

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): へ-る.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
経 is written in 11 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A thread (糸) is pulled taut through the loom, and the shuttle passes back and forth over it — the warp thread you experience passing through, over and over.

A common word

  • 経験 けいけん experience

Example sentences

  • けいざいのにゅーすをまいにちよんでいます。

    I read economic news every day.

  • にほんにきてからさんねんがたちました。

    Three years have passed since I came to Japan.

Kanji that share a part

糸 is its radical. 71 kanji share it in all.

圣 is a component.