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経 means 'elapse'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 125   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-2    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 267 words   Used in 659 words   Used in 493 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ケイ   キョウ
Kun
   to elapse
Kun    to elapse   たていと   のり   はか
Name    つね   のぶ
   经 (Chinese)  
(horizontal) is read いきさつ
⿰   thread   ground again  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 経 is used 30 times, read 4 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 経 is used 642 times, read 5 ways (with 2 variations). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ケイ : 547 words FIND ALL
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experience
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キョウ : 68 words FIND ALL
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noun
sutra  (see also: ; Buddhist term; polite (teineigo) language)
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キョウ (read as ぎょう) : 9 words FIND ALL
noun
Prajnaparamita Sutra; Wisdom Sutras
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たていと : 1 word FIND ALL
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Most common form: たていと
noun
(weaving) warp
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Most common form: 歴る
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass; to elapse; to go by
2. to pass through; to go through
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Most common form: たつ
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to pass; to lapse
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noun
Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (kabuki play)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
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noun
1. details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way  (this meaning is restricted to reading いきさつ, けいい)
2. longitude and latitude  (this meaning is restricted to reading けいい)
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An additional 1 less common words include 経 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 685 (originally: 658)  Joy o' Kanji : 658  Key to Kanji: 253 

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ケイ   キョウ   へ to elapse   
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シ   いと thread   
ground again
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
また again   
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