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Chinese
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classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
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latitude
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trad. (經緯)
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經
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緯
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simp. (经纬)
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经
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纬
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Pronunciation
Rime
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Character
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經
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經
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緯
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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見 (28)
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見 (28)
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云 (35)
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Final (韻)
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青 (125)
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青 (125)
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微 (21)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Departing (H)
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Departing (H)
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Openness (開合)
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Open
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Open
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Closed
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Division (等)
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IV
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IV
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III
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Fanqie
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古靈切
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古定切
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于貴切
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Baxter
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keng
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kengH
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hjw+jH
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/keŋ/
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/keŋH/
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/ɦʉiH/
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Pan Wuyun
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/keŋ/
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/keŋH/
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/ɦʷɨiH/
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Shao Rongfen
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/kɛŋ/
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/kɛŋH/
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/ɣiuəiH/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/kɛjŋ/
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/kɛjŋH/
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/ɦujH/
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Li Rong
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/keŋ/
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/keŋH/
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/ɣiuəiH/
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Wang Li
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/kieŋ/
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/kieŋH/
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/ɣĭwəiH/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/kieŋ/
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/kieŋH/
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/we̯iH/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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jīng
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jìng
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wèi
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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ging1
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ging3
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wai6
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Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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經
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jīng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ keng ›
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Old Chinese
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/*k-lˁeŋ/
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English
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loom; regulate; norm
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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.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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經
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經
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緯
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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1/1
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No.
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6799
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6807
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12833
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Phonetic component
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巠
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巠
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韋
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Rime group
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耕
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耕
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微
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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經
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徑
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胃
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Old Chinese
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/*keːŋ/
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/*keːŋs/
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/*ɢʷɯls/
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Noun
經緯
- (literally) warp and woof
- (geography) lines of longitude and latitude; longitude and latitude
- (cartography, painting) meridian and parallel lines
- (figurative) order; organisation; regularities
Derived terms