經

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See also: 経 and 经
經 U+7D93, 經
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D93
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 綔 →

Translingual

Traditional 經
Shinjitai 経
Simplified 经

Han character

經 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火一女一 (VFMVM), four-corner 21911, composition ⿰糹巠)

Derived characters

Related characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 925, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27508
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1360, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3402, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+7D93

Chinese

trad. 經
simp. 经
alternative forms 坕
𦀇
経

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／形声, OC *keːŋ, *keːŋs) : semantic 糸 (“silk; thread”) + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: gaang1 - vernacular (“to reel“).
Note: gang1 - vernacular (“to weave“).
Note:
  • keⁿ/kiⁿ - vernacular;
  • keng - literary.
Note:
  • gian1 - “classical”;
  • gên1 - “to weave”, used in 五經富 (a town in Jieyang).
  • 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 /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/
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 (Hokkien) /kiŋ⁵⁵/
/kĩ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /keiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /keŋ³³/
/kiã³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /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
Baxter keng kengH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging1 ging3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 經
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ keng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*k-lˁeŋ/
English loom; regulate; norm

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

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 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

  1. † (weaving) warp, a thread running lengthwise in a woven fabric
    Coordinate term: 緯／纬 (wěi)
  2. to go through; to experience
    經手／经手  ―  jīngshǒu  ―  handle; deal with
    經我解釋他才明白過來。 [MSC, trad.]
    经我解释他才明白过来。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jīng wǒ jiěshì tā cái míngbái guòlái.
    Not until I had explained to him did he begin to realize it.
  3. † to control; to manage; to engage in
    經濟／经济  ―  jīngjì  ―  economy
    經營／经营  ―  jīngyíng  ―  to run (a business, etc.)
    經理／经理  ―  jīnglǐ  ―  manager
  4. something regarded as principal, doctrinal or classical
    1. † norm; regulation
      經常／经常  ―  jīngcháng  ―  usually, often
      月經／月经  ―  yuèjīng  ―  menses
      天經地義／天经地义  ―  tiānjīngdìyì  ―  convention; matter of course
    2. Chinese classics
      引經據典／引经据典  ―  yǐnjīngjùdiǎn  ―  copiously quote the classics
    3. sacred texts of a certain religion, often used as a suffix for the titles of religious works
      聖經／圣经  ―  Shèngjīng  ―  Bible
      古蘭經／古兰经  ―  Gǔlánjīng  ―  Qur'an
      道德經／道德经  ―  Dàodéjīng  ―  Tao Te Ching
      念經／念经  ―  niànjīng  ―  to recite prayers
  5. (traditional Chinese medicine) blood vessel
  6. menses; menstruation
  7. Short for 經度／经度 (jīngdù, “longitude”).
    經線／经线  ―  jīngxiàn  ―  meridian line
    東經114°42′／东经114°42′  ―  dōngjīng 114°42′  ―  114°42′E
    Coordinate term: 緯／纬 (wěi)
  8. (Hakka, Southern Min) to weave
  9. a surname

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 經
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 青 (125)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古定切
Baxter kengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/keŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/keŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kɛŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kɛjŋH/
Li
Rong 		/keŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kieŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kieŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 經
Reading # 2/2
No. 6807
Phonetic
component 		巠
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		徑
Old
Chinese 		/*keːŋs/

Definitions

經

  1. † to weave
  2. † (weaving) to wrap; to arrange strands of thread so that they run lengthwise
  3. † Alternative form of 徑／径 (jìng, “diameter”)
  4. † Alternative form of 徑／径 (jìng, “path”)
  5. † Alternative form of 徑／径 (jìng, “straight; directly”)

Compounds

Further reading

Japanese

Shinjitai

経

Kyūjitai

經

Kanji

經

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 経)

  1. classic works
  2. pass through

Readings

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

經 (eumhun 지날 경 (jinal gyeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 경 (“to pass”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

經: Hán Việt readings: kinh
經: Nôm readings: canh, kinh

  1. classic works

Compounds

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