历经
lìjīng · HSK 7
have experienced
📅 历经 = 历 pass-through/calendar + 经 undergo = have passed through, experienced
Both halves mean go-through: 历 (as in 历史 history, things gone through) plus 经 (as in 经过 to pass by). Stacked, they stress having lived through a long stretch of events. Sound hook: lìjīng starts like the lee in a long lease you have served out.
经 — silk radical 纟 + 巠 (underground stream)
Originally written 經, combining the silk radical 糸 with 巠, depicting vertical threads on a loom. The core meaning was 'warp threads,' which extended to 'pass through,' 'classic text,' and 'manage.' The phonetic 巠 also suggests the sound.