易経

Japanese

Kanji in this term
易	経
えき Grade: 5	きょう Grade: 5
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
易經 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Literary Chinese 易經 (Yìjīng)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi̥kʲo̞ː]

Proper noun

易(えき)経(きょう) • (Ekikyō) 

1. the I Ching

Coordinate terms

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho, “Four Books”)

• 大(だい)学(がく) (Daigaku, “Great Learning”)
• 中(ちゅう)庸(よう) (Chūyō, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
• 論(ろん)語(ご) (Rongo, “Analects”)
• 孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi, “Mencius”)

五(ご)経(きょう) (Gokyō, “Five Classics”)

• 詩(しき)経(ょう) (Shikyō, “Classic of Poetry”)
• 書(しょ)経(きょう) (Shokyō, “Book of Documents”)
• 礼(らい)記(き) (Raiki, “Book of Rites”)
• 易(えき)経(きょう) (Ekikyō, “I Ching”)
• 春(しゅん)秋(じゅう) (Shunjū, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)