King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “undergo”

经受
jīng shòu
Traditional: 經受
to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undergo is 经受 (jīng shòu), defined as: to undergo (hardship); to endure; to withstand.

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
受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “undergo”

WordPinyinMeaning
经 (經)jīngclassics; sacred book
历 (歷)lìto experience; to undergo
涉shè(literary) to wade across a body of water; (bound form) to experience

Related words

Other words that share a character with 经受.

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))
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “undergo”.

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.