经常
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
经常 (jīngcháng) · often
经常 (jīngcháng) means “often; frequently”. It is written with 2 characters: 经 (the classics) + 常 (often). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 经常 is built
The characters
经 jīng · the classics
What 经 is made of
- 纟sī — silk
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 工gōng — labor
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丄shàng — above
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 纟 gives the meaning, 工 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
常 cháng · often
What 常 is made of
- 尚shàng — still
- ⺌ — structural part
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 巾 gives the meaning, 尚 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他经常去公园跑步。Tā jīngcháng qù gōngyuán pǎobù.He often goes running in the park.
你经常来这里吗？Nǐ jīngcháng lái zhèlǐ ma?Do you come here often?
Questions about 经常
What does 经常 mean?
经常 (jīngcháng) means “often; frequently”.
How do you pronounce 经常?
经常 is pronounced jīngcháng.
Which HSK level is 经常?
经常 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 经过jīngguòto pass by
- 经理jīnglǐmanager
- 已经yǐjīngalready
- 曾经céngjīngonce
- 经济jīngjìeconomy
- 经历jīnglìto experience
- 经验jīngyànexperience
- 经营jīngyíngto run (a business)
- 经典jīngdiǎnclassic
- 经商jīngshāngto do business
Learn 经常 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 64: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.