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Chinese symbol for “economics”

经济学
jīng jì xué
Traditional: 經濟學
economics (as a field of study)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for economics is 经济学 (jīng jì xué), defined as: economics (as a field of study).

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Characters and stroke order

经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
济 jì
to aid, to help, to relieve; to ferry across
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 经济学.

WordPinyinMeaning
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
经济 (經濟)jīng jìeconomy; economic
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
曾经 (曾經)céng jīngonce; already
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
经济学家 (經濟學家)jīng jì xué jiāeconomist
救济 (救濟)jiù jìemergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “economics”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.