财经
cáijīng · HSK 7
finance and economics
💰📊 cái (wealth) + jīng (classic/scripture) = the canon of money
财 means wealth or property, 经 means classic text or to manage. Together they form finance-and-economics — literally the discipline that governs wealth.
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.