Chinese symbol for “scriptures”
经典
jīng diǎn
Traditional: 經典
the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scriptures is 经典 (jīng diǎn), defined as: the classics; scriptures; classical; classic (example, case etc); typical.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scriptures”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经文 (經文) | jīng wén | scripture; scriptures |
| 经书 (經書) | jīng shū | classic books in Confucianism; scriptures |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 经典.
| 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)) |
| 典型 | diǎn xíng | model; typical case |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scriptures”.
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.