經緯

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Chinese

classics; sacred book; pass through
classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
 
latitude
trad. (經緯)
simp. (经纬)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial () (28) (28) (35)
Final () (125) (125) (21)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed
Division () IV IV III
Fanqie
Baxter keng kengH hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/keŋ/ /keŋH/ /ɦʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/keŋ/ /keŋH/ /ɦʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛŋ/ /kɛŋH/ /ɣiuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛjŋ/ /kɛjŋH/ /ɦujH/
Li
Rong
/keŋ/ /keŋH/ /ɣiuəiH/
Wang
Li
/kieŋ/ /kieŋH/ /ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kieŋ/ /kieŋH/ /we̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jīng jìng wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging1 ging3 wai6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 6799 6807 12833
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0 2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*keːŋ/ /*keːŋs/ /*ɢʷɯls/

Noun

經緯

  1. (literally) warp and woof
  2. (geography) lines of longitude and latitude; longitude and latitude
  3. (cartography, painting) meridian and parallel lines
  4. (figurative) order; organisation; regularities

Derived terms