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

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⁾/

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	/t͡ʃʰˠiɪm^H/	/ɦʉi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰᵚim^H/	/ɦʷɨi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiem^H/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰjim^H/	/ɦuj^H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰjəm^H/	/ɣiuəi^H/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭĕm^H/	/ɣĭwəi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯əm^H/	/we̯i^H/
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

(historical) Chinese esoteric and oracular literature; apocryphal text

Japanese

Kanji in this term
讖	緯
しん Hyōgai	い Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

an art of foretelling the future
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)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
讖	緯

Noun

讖緯 • (chamwi) (hangeul 참위)

hanja form^? of 참위