Read Edit View history 经 jīngJīng HSK2 pass through Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 經. Originally written 巠, which depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom. The 纟 (thread) component was added later. Based on the original meaning "warp thread". The meaning later expanded to "pass through", "regulate", and "classic books". Pinyin Separate values with commas jīng ×jing × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 經 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 纟 is a component form of 糸. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 经 Simp strokes 经 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts weaving vertical (warp) threads on a loom. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 经 Simp strokes 经 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 经 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 292, 787 ], [ 307, 775 ], [ 325, 735 ], [ 257, 607 ], [ 183, 489 ], [ 177, 464 ], [ 230, 458 ], [ 289, 463 ], [ 307, 465 ], [ 328, 479 ] ], [ [ 403, 613 ], [ 421, 572 ], [ 348, 461 ], [ 250, 342 ], [ 234, 317 ], [ 227, 287 ], [ 251, 286 ], [ 281, 294 ], [ 426, 341 ] ], [ [ 129, 90 ], [ 186, 83 ], [ 444, 229 ] ], [ [ 497, 670 ], [ 524, 665 ], [ 565, 671 ], [ 711, 705 ], [ 741, 702 ], [ 757, 694 ], [ 726, 632 ], [ 653, 541 ], [ 549, 450 ], [ 470, 403 ] ], [ [ 687, 532 ], [ 705, 533 ], [ 726, 523 ], [ 817, 468 ], [ 846, 443 ], [ 870, 403 ] ], [ [ 507, 345 ], [ 530, 337 ], [ 581, 336 ], [ 770, 369 ], [ 808, 364 ] ], [ [ 614, 314 ], [ 639, 292 ], [ 645, 277 ], [ 634, 121 ], [ 618, 105 ] ], [ [ 399, 69 ], [ 452, 58 ], [ 635, 78 ], [ 861, 92 ], 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