Chinese symbol for “frequently”
经常
jīng cháng
Traditional: 經常
frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
The closest CC-CEDICT match for frequently is 经常 (jīng cháng), defined as: frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “frequently”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 常常 | cháng cháng | frequently; often |
| 频繁 (頻繁) | pín fán | frequently; often |
| 时常 (時常) | shí cháng | often; frequently |
| 常 | cháng | always; ever |
| 数 (數) | shuò | (literary) frequently; repeatedly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 经常.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy; economic |
| 经过 (經過) | jīng guò | to pass; to go through |
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
| 曾经 (曾經) | céng jīng | once; already |
| 经历 (經歷) | jīng lì | to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì)) |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really; unusual; extraordinary |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
See also: Japanese symbol for “frequently”.
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.