自經

Chinese

		from; self; oneself from; self; oneself; since	classics; sacred book; pass through classics; sacred book; pass through; to undergo; scripture
trad. (自經)		自	經
simp. (自经)		自	经

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìjīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ ging¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìjīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjing
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-ching¹
    • Yale: dz̀-jīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjing
    • Palladius: цзыцзин (czyczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ ging¹
    • Yale: jih gīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ ging¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ ging¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kɪŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzijH keng

Rime
Character	自	經
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)	青 (125)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	疾二切	古靈切
Baxter	dzijH	keng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziɪH/	/keŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziH/	/keŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjɪH/	/kɛŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ziH/	/kɛjŋ/
Li Rong	/d͡ziH/	/keŋ/
Wang Li	/d͡ziH/	/kieŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱiH/	/kieŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zì	jīng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zi6	ging1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[b]i[t]-s  k-lˤeŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljids  keːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	自	經
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zì	jīng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzijH ›	‹ keng ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[b]i[t]-s/	/*k-lˁeŋ/
English	self (adv.)	loom; regulate; norm
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	自	經
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	17879	6799
Phonetic component	自	巠
Rime group	至	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	自	經
Old Chinese	/*ɦljids/	/*keːŋ/

Verb

自經

1. (literary) to hang oneself

   • 豈若匹夫匹婦之爲諒也，自經於溝瀆而莫之知也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     岂若匹夫匹妇之为谅也，自经于沟渎而莫之知也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Qǐ ruò pǐfū pǐfù zhī wèi liàng yě, zìjīng yú gōudú ér mò zhī zhī yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 上吊 (shàngdiào)
• 吊死 (diàosǐ)
• 吊頸／吊颈 (diàojǐng)
• 懸樑／悬梁 (xuánliáng) (from a beam)
• 投繯／投缳 (tóuhuán)
• 絞縊／绞缢 (jiǎoyì)
• 縊死／缢死 (yìsǐ)
• 縊頸／缢颈 (yìjǐng)
• 自縊／自缢 (zìyì)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 上吊 (“to hang oneself”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		自縊, 自經, 投繯
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		上吊, 自縊, 投繯, 懸樑
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	上吊
	Taiwan	上吊
	Chifeng	上吊
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	上吊
	Harbin	上吊
	Shenyang	上吊, 勒脖子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	上吊
	Tangshan	上吊
	Cangzhou	上吊
	Baoding	上吊
	Shijiazhuang	上吊
	Jinan	上吊
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	上吊
	Qingdao	上吊
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	上吊
	Wanrong	上吊
	Zhengzhou	上吊
	Xi'an	上吊
	Xining	上吊
	Xuzhou	上吊, 掛鉤兒 humorous
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	上吊
	Lanzhou	上吊, 自縊
	Ürümqi	上吊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	吊頸, 上吊, 吃掛麵
	Chongqing	上吊, 吊頸
	Wuhan	上吊, 吊頸, 吃油麵 humorous
	Guiyang	上吊, 吊頸, 吃掛麵 humorous
	Kunming	上吊, 吊脖子, 勒脖子
	Guilin	吊頸
	Liuzhou	上吊, 吊頸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	上吊
	Yangzhou	上吊
	Nantong	吊頸
	Hefei	上吊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	吊頸, 掛臘鴨, 吊臘鴨
	Hong Kong	吊頸, 掛臘鴨
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	吊頸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	吊頸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	吊頸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	吊頸
	Macau	吊頸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	吊頸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	吊頸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	吊頸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	吊頸, 掛臘鴨
	Foshan	吊頸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	吊頸
	Foshan (Shunde)	吊頸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	吊頸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	吊頸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	吊頸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	吊頸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	吊頸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	吊頸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	吊頸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	吊頸
	Taishan	吊頸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	吊頸
	Enping (Niujiang)	吊頸
	Heshan (Yayao)	吊頸
	Dongguan	吊頸
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	吊頸
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	吊頸
Gan	Nanchang	吊頸
	Pingxiang	吊頸
Hakka	Meixian	䌈頸, 自繫
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	吊頸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	吊頸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	吊頸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	吊頸
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	吊頸
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	吊頸
	Wuhua (Changbu)	吊頸
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	吊頸
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	吊頸
	Wengyuan	吊頸
	Liannan	吊頸
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	吊頸
	Jiexi	吊頸
	Luhe	吊頸
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	吊頸
	Changting	上吊
	Ninghua	吊頸
	Yudu	吊頸
	Tonggu (Sandu)	吊頸
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	吊頸
	Dayu	吊頸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	吊頸, 䌈頸, 自縊
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	吊頸, 䌈頸, 自縊
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	吊頸, 䌈頸, 自縊
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	吊頸, 䌈頸, 自縊
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	懸頸, 䌈頸, 自縊
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	吊頸, 䌈頸
	Hong Kong	吊頸
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	吊頸
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	吊頸
	Xinyi (Sihe)	吊頸
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	吊頸
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	吊頸
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	吊頸
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	吊頸
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	吊頸
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	吊頸
	Mengshan (Xihe)	吊頸
	Luchuan	吊頸
	Sabah (Longchuan)	吊頸
	Senai (Huiyang)	吊頸
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	吊頸
	Singkawang	吊頸
Huizhou	Jixi	上吊
	Shexian	上吊
Jin	Taiyuan	上吊
	Xinzhou	上吊
	Linhe	上吊
	Jining	上吊
	Hohhot	上吊
	Zhangjiakou	上吊
	Handan	上吊
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	吊死
Southern Min	Xiamen	吊脰, 吊死, 二吊
	Quanzhou	吊脰, 吊死
	Zhangzhou	吊脰, 吊死, 二吊, 食麵線
	Taipei	吊脰
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	吊脰
	Kaohsiung	吊脰
	Yilan	吊脰, 開嚨喉, 幌中秋
	Changhua (Lukang)	吊脰, 縛粽
	Taichung	吊脰
	Taichung (Wuqi)	吊脰
	Tainan	吊脰
	Taitung	吊脰
	Hsinchu	吊脰
	Kinmen	吊死
	Penghu (Magong)	吊脰
	Shantou	吊頷
	Jieyang	吊頷
	Bangkok (Teochew)	吊頷
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	吊頷
	Leizhou	吊脰
	Haikou	吊脰
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	吊頸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	吊頸
Wu	Shanghai	上吊
	Shanghai (Chongming)	上吊
	Suzhou	上吊
	Danyang	上吊
	Hangzhou	上吊
	Wenzhou	吊爻
	Jinhua	上吊
Xiang	Changsha	吃掛麵, 吊頸
	Loudi	吊頸