行己

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional	6th heavenly stem; self
simp. and trad. (行己)		行	己

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngjǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xíngjǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: síngjǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hsing²-chi³
    • Yale: syíng-jǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngjii
    • Palladius: синцзи (sinczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Middle Chinese: haeng kiX

Rime
Character	行	己
Reading #	2/4	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	庚 (109)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	戸庚切	居里切
Baxter	haeng	kiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠæŋ/	/kɨX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚaŋ/	/kɨX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣaŋ/	/kieX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨjŋ/	/kɨX/
Li Rong	/ɣɐŋ/	/kiəX/
Wang Li	/ɣɐŋ/	/kĭəX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɐŋ/	/kiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	héng	jǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang4	gei2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.[ɡ]ˤraŋ  k(r)əʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːŋ  kɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	行	己
Reading #	2/3	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xíng	jǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ hæng ›	‹ kiX ›
Old Chinese	/*Cə.[ɡ]ˁraŋ/	/*k(r)əʔ/
English	walk (v.)	self
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	行	己
Reading #	3/4	1/1
No.	13867	5765
Phonetic component	行	己
Rime group	陽	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	行
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːŋ/	/*kɯʔ/

Verb

行己

1. (Classical) to conduct oneself

   • 子謂子産有君子之道四焉：其行己也恭，其事上也敬，其養民也惠，其使民也義。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子谓子产有君子之道四焉：其行己也恭，其事上也敬，其养民也惠，其使民也义。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐ wèi Zǐchǎn yǒu jūnzǐ zhī dào sì yān: qí xíngjǐ yě gōng, qí shìshàng yě jìng, qí yǎngmín yě huì, qí shǐmín yě yì. [Pinyin]

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   • 人之行己，莫大於孝悌忠信。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1407

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