Kinh Dịch

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(Southern Vietnam, obsolete) Kinh Diệc

Etymology

kinh +‎ Dịch, calque of Chinese 易經／易经 (Dịch kinh), following the head-initial structure of Vietnamese, instead of head-final in the original language.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kïŋ˧˧ zïk̟̚˧˨ʔ]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩ʔ]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɨn˧˧ jɨt̚˨˩˨]

Proper noun

Kinh Dịch • (經易)

(literature) I Ching

Coordinate terms

The Five Classics

Kinh Thi (經詩): the Classic of Poetry
Kinh Thư (經書): the Classic of History
Kinh Lễ (經禮): the Book of Rites
Kinh Dịch (經易): the I Ching
Kinh Xuân Thu (經春秋): the Spring and Autumn Annals

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