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易經

易經

Chinese

		change; easy; simple	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
trad. (易經)		易	經
simp. (易经)		易	经

Proper noun

易經

I Ching

Synonyms

周易 (Zhōuyì)

References

I Ching on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Kanji in this term
易	經
えき Grade: 5	きょう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Proper noun

易經 ‎(kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 易経, hiragana えききょう, romaji Ekikyō)

I Ching (Chinese classic text)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Yìjīng

(Zhuyin): ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ ging¹
Min Nan (POJ): E̍k-keng / Ia̍h-keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Yìjīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yihjing
  - IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jik⁶ ging¹
  - Yale: yihk gīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ ging¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² kɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: E̍k-keng / Ia̍h-keng
  - Tâi-lô: E̍k-king / Ia̍h-king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: egkefng, iaqkefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iɪk̚⁴⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪk̚²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³/, /ia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /ia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /iɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪk̚⁴⁻³² kiɪŋ⁴⁴/, /ia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kiɪŋ⁴⁴/