# 経 — Passage Of Time

Frequency rank 154 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 働 (Work), less common than 葉 (Leaf).

- On’yomi: けい
- Kun’yomi: た、へ
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 5
- Strokes: 11

The boiled cocoon pays out one fine thread across the tombstone, one wrap for every year the man under it has been dead, until the coil buries the name.

In words:

- 経済 けいざい — finance,economy
- 経験 けいけん・する — to experience
- 経つ たつ — to pass,to lapse

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