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Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread

Henshall Mnemonic: guiding hand passes threads to ground

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #79 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 経済   [けいざい]
  (n) economics; business; finance; economy   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 経つ   [たつ]
  (v5t) to pass; to lapse   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経緯   [けいい]
  (n) (1) details; whole story; sequence of events; particulars; how it started; how things got this way; (2) complications; position   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経営   [けいえい]
  (n,vs) management; administration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経験   [けいけん]
  (n,vs) experience   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 神経   [しんけい]
  (n) nerve; sensitivity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経由   [けいゆ]
  (n) go by the way; via   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 経度   [けいど]
  (n) longitude   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 経る   [へる]
  (v1) to pass; to elapse; to experience   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経過   [けいか]
  (n) passage; expiration; progress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経費   [けいひ]
  (n) expenses; cost; outlay   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経歴   [けいれき]
  (n) personal history; career   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経路   [けいろ]
  (n) course; route; channel   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 政経   [せいけい]
  (n) politics and economics   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 自由経済   [じゆうけいざい]
  free economy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経   [きょう]
  (n) sutra; Buddhist scriptures   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 無神経   [むしんけい]
  (adj-na,n) insensibility; thick-skinned   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 月経   [げっけい]
  (n) menstruation; menstrual period   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 東経   [とうけい]
  (n) east longitude   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経営者   [けいえいしゃ]
  (n) manager; proprietor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 自律神経   [じりつしんけい]
  autonomic nerves   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経企庁   [けいきちょう]
  (abbr) Economic Planning Agency   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経験者   [けいけんしゃ]
  (n) experienced person; person who has had a particular experience   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 神経質   [しんけいしつ]
  (adj-na,n) nervousness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経済界   [けいざいかい]
  (n) economic world; financial circles   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経済企画庁   [けいざいきかくちょう]
  Economic Planning Agency   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経済研究所   [けいざいけんきゅうしょ]
  economics research centre   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経済成長率   [けいざいせいちょうりつ]
  rate of economic growth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経済的   [けいざいてき]
  (adj-na) economic; economical   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経済封鎖   [けいざいふうさ]
  economic blockade; embargo   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 日経   [にっけい]
  Nikkei (newspaper, share index)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経常   [けいじょう]
  (n) ordinary   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経常利益   [けいじょうりえき]
  ordinary profit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経団連   [けいだんれん]
  (n) (abbr) Federation of Economic Organizations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 経理   [けいり]
  (n) management; accounting   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 経 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.