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經
經
Translingual
| Traditional | 經 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 経 |
| Simplified | 经 |
Han character
經 (radical 120 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火一女一 (VFMVM), four-corner 21911, composition ⿰糹巠)
References
- KangXi: page 925, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27508
- Dae Jaweon: page 1360, character 32
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3402, character 11
- Unihan data for U+7D93
Chinese
| trad. | 經 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 经 | |
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (巠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 葝 | *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ |
| 頸 | *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 鑋 | *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs |
| 輕 | *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs |
| 涇 | *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ |
| 經 | *keːŋ, *keːŋs |
| 鵛 | *keːŋ |
| 巠 | *keːŋ |
| 剄 | *keːŋʔ |
| 烴 | *keːŋʔ |
| 徑 | *keːŋs |
| 逕 | *keːŋs |
| 桱 | *keːŋs |
| 蛵 | *qʰeːŋ |
| 陘 | *ɡeːŋ |
| 鋞 | *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ |
| 脛 | *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs |
| 踁 | *ɡeːŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *keːŋ, *keːŋs) : semantic 糹 (“silk; thread”) + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ) – warp.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ging1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn
- Min Dong (BUC): gĭng
- Min Nan (POJ): keⁿ / kiⁿ / keng
- Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ
- Wade-Giles: ching1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jing
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ging1
- Yale: gīng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ging1
- IPA (key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
- Hakka Romanization System: gin´
- Hagfa Pinyim: gin1
- IPA: /kin²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭng
- IPA (key): /kiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keⁿ / kiⁿ / keng
- Tâi-lô: kenn / kinn / king
- Phofsit Daibuun: kvef, kvy, kefng
- IPA (Xiamen): /kẽ⁴⁴/, /kĩ⁴⁴/, /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kẽ³³/, /kĩ³³/, /kiɪŋ³³/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɛ̃⁴⁴/, /kĩ⁴⁴/, /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /kẽ⁴⁴/, /kĩ⁴⁴/, /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kẽ⁴⁴/, /kĩ⁴⁴/, /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
- Note: keⁿ, kiⁿ - vernacular; keng - literary.
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jin (T1)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 經 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin |
/t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/ 正～ |
|
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡ɕiŋ²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕiŋ²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiŋ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕĩn³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕĩ/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡ɕin³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕin²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao |
/t͡ɕiŋ¹³/ ～理 /t͡ɕiŋ³⁵/ ～線 |
|
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕin³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕaŋ²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕiɛ¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕin³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕin³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang |
/t͡ɕiɑŋ⁴²/ ～濟 /t͡ɕin⁴²/ 念～ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kin⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /kin²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /keŋ⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /keŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kiŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/kiŋ⁵⁵/ /kĩ⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /keiŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) |
/keŋ³³/ /kiã³³/ |
|
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /keŋ²³/ |
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 經 | 經 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 青 (125) | 青 (125) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | IV |
| Fanqie | 古靈切 | 古定切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/keŋ/ | /keŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/keŋ/ | /keŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kɛŋ/ | /kɛŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɛjŋ/ | /kɛjŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/keŋ/ | /keŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kieŋ/ | /kieŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/kieŋ/ | /kieŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jīng | jìng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 經 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jīng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ keng › |
| Old Chinese |
/*k-lˤeŋ/ |
| English | loom; regulate; norm |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 經 | 經 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6799 | 6807 |
| Phonetic component |
巠 | 巠 |
| Rime group |
耕 | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
經 | 徑 |
| Old Chinese |
/*keːŋ/ | /*keːŋs/ |
Definitions
經
- †(weaving) warp, a thread running lengthwise in a woven fabric
- to go through; to experience
- † to control; to manage; to engage in
- something regarded as principal, doctrinal or classical
- (TCM) blood vessel
- †menses; menstruation
- †Short for 經度／经度 (jīngdù, “longitude”).
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 經
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Japanese
Kanji
經
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 経)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
經 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
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Vietnamese
Han character
經 (kinh)
Compounds
- kinh doanh [經營]
- kinh phí [經費]
- kinh mạch [經脈]
- kinh nghiệm [經驗]
- kinh nguyệt [經月]
- kinh tế [經濟]
- kinh tuyến [經線]
- tụng kinh [念經]