讖緯

See also: 谶纬

Chinese

		prophecy; omen	Confucian esoterics and occult
trad. (讖緯)		讖	緯
simp. (谶纬)		谶	纬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chènwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˋ ㄨㄟˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chènwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chènwěi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên⁴-wei³
    • Yale: chèn-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chennwoei
    • Palladius: чэньвэй (čɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrhimH hjw+jH

Rime
Character	讖	緯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)	云 (35)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	楚譖切	于貴切
Baxter	tsrhimH	hjw+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰˠiɪmH/	/ɦʉiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚimH/	/ɦʷɨiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiemH/	/ɣiuəiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰjimH/	/ɦujH/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰjəmH/	/ɣiuəiH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭĕmH/	/ɣĭwəiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯əmH/	/we̯iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chèn	wèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cam3	wai6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰrims  ɢʷɯls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	讖	緯
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	1401	12833
Phonetic component	韱	韋
Rime group	侵	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	讖	胃
Old Chinese	/*sʰrims/	/*ɢʷɯls/

Noun

讖緯

1. (historical) Chinese esoteric and oracular literature; apocryphal text

Japanese

Kanji in this term
讖	緯
しん Hyōgaiji	い Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) し​んい [shíꜜǹ'ì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃i]

Noun

讖(しん)緯(い) • (shin'i) ^{←しんゐ (sin'wi)?}

1. an art of foretelling the future
2. a book that foretells the future

Derived terms

• 讖(しん)緯(い)学(がく) (shin'igaku)
• 讖(しん)緯(い)説(せつ) (shin'isetsu)

Korean

Hanja in this term
讖	緯

Noun

讖緯 • (chamwi) (hangeul 참위)

1. Hanja form^? of 참위.