常軌

Chinese

		always; ever; often always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant	course; path; track course; path; track; rail
trad. (常軌)		常	軌
simp. (常轨)		常	轨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chángguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁴ gwai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chángguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chángguěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-kuei³
    • Yale: cháng-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnggoei
    • Palladius: чангуй (čanguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁴ gwai²
    • Yale: sèuhng gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁴ gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁴ guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyang kwijX

Rime
Character	常	軌
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	市羊切	居洧切
Baxter	dzyang	kwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨɐŋ/	/kˠiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɐŋ/	/kʷᵚiX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiɑŋ/	/kiuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑɨaŋ/	/kjwiX/
Li Rong	/ʑiaŋ/	/kjuiX/
Wang Li	/ʑĭaŋ/	/kwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯aŋ/	/kwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cháng	guǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	soeng4	gwai2

Noun

常軌

1. the normal way of doing something; usual procedure

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (常軌):

• → Japanese: 常(じょう)軌(き) (jōki)
• → Korean: 상궤(常軌) (sanggwe)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
常	軌
じょう Grade: 5	き Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょ​ーき [jóꜜòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːkʲi]

Noun

常(じょう)軌(き) • (jōki) ^{←じやうき (zyauki)?}

1. the normal way of doing something

Derived terms

• 常軌(じょうき)を逸(いっ)する (jōki o issuru)