Chinese Character 經 Meanings and components.

Form

經

Meaning

經 meaning[3] in English

Surname Jing.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 經 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and underground watercourse (巠)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFMVM

How to write 經

To write經jing1surname Jing you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 巠jing1underground watercourse arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 巠 = 經

經 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 經 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 經, looks as follow:

經
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Jing
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
巠
Pinyin:jing1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Underground Watercourse . Archaic Variant Of 經|经[Jing1]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
巛
Pinyin:chuan1
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 川[Chuan1]
工
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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