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經濟

經濟

See also: 経済 and 经济

Chinese

 
classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
 aid; ferry; frugal
trad. (經濟) 經 濟
simp. (经济) 经 济
Short for 經世濟民／经世济民 (“govern and benefit the people”).

Noun

經濟

  1. economy; finance
    社會經濟發展 / 社会经济发展  ―  shèhuì jīngjì fāzhǎn  ―  socio-economic development
  2. economics
  3. financial condition; finances

Adjective

經濟

  1. (attributive) economic (relating to an economy, or to the field of economics)
    經濟蕭條 / 经济萧条  ―  jīngjì xiāotiáo  ―  economic depression
    經濟衰退 / 经济衰退  ―  jīngjì shuāituì  ―  economic recession
  2. (attributive) of economic value
  3. (attributive) economical (saving money or resources); thrifty

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
經 濟
けい
Hyōgaiji 		ざい
Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

經濟 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 経済, hiragana けいざい, romaji keizai)

  1. Kyūjitai spelling of 経済 ‎(“economy”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
經 濟

Noun

經濟 • ‎(gyeongje, McCune-Reischauer: kyŏngje, Yale: kyengcey) ‎(hangeul 경제)

  1. Hanja form? of 경제, “economy”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
經 濟

Noun

經濟

  1. Hán tự form of kinh tế, “economy”

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), from Japanese 経 (けい)済 (ざい) ‎(keizai, “economy”), semantically readapted from Chinese 經濟／经济 (“govern and benefit the people”).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 經 濟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 青 (125) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 古靈切 子計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /keŋ/ /t͡seiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /keŋ/ /t͡seiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɛŋ/ /t͡sɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kɛjŋ/ /t͡sɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /keŋ/ /t͡seiH/
Wang
Li		 /kieŋ/ /t͡sieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kieŋ/ /t͡sieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jīng jì
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 經 濟
Reading # 1/1 4/5
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jīng jì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ keng › ‹ tsejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*k-lˤeŋ/ /*[ts]ˤ[i]j(ʔ)-s/
English loom; regulate; norm cross a stream; rescue

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 經 濟
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6799 10048
Phonetic
component		 巠 齊
Rime
group		 耕 脂
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 經 霽
Old
Chinese		 /*keːŋ/ /*ʔsliːls/

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