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Chinese symbol for “experience”

经验
jīng yàn
Traditional: 經驗
experience; to go through; to experience

The closest CC-CEDICT match for experience is 经验 (jīng yàn), defined as: experience; to go through; to experience.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
验 yàn
to examine, to inspect, to test, to verify
radical 187 ⾺ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “experience”

WordPinyinMeaning
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
历 (歷)lìto experience; to undergo
历经 (歷經)lì jīngto experience; to go through
阅历 (閱歷)yuè lìto experience; experience
更gēngto change or replace; to experience

Related words

Other words that share a character with 经验.

WordPinyinMeaning
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
经济 (經濟)jīng jìeconomy; economic
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
曾经 (曾經)céng jīngonce; already
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
实验 (實驗)shí yànexperiment; test
体验 (體驗)tǐ yànto experience for oneself
试验 (試驗)shì yànexperiment; test

See also: Japanese symbol for “experience”.

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.

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