経

Glyph origin
. Also a Japanese shinjitai. Current form, but not etymologically related to 圣.

Kanji

 * 1) warp
 * 2) longitude
 * 3) meridian
 * 4) elapse, pass through
 * 5) manage
 * 6) hang
 * 7) ordinary, usual
 * 8) scripture, sutra
 * 9) menstruation

Etymology 1
→ →  →

From. The  reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

The Buddhist senses are a translation of or.

Noun

 * 1)  a sutra :
 * 2) a discourse of the Gautama Buddha, one of the Twelve Divisions of  Buddhism
 * : the, one of the three divisions of the Tripitaka
 * 1) collective term for Buddhist literature including sutras in general
 * 2)  a Buddhist service or rite
 * 3) a scripture
 * 1)  a Buddhist service or rite
 * 2) a scripture

Etymology 2
From. The  reading, so likely a later borrowing.

Noun

 * 1) a warp
 * 2) correct logic or reasoning
 * 3) a scripture
 * 1) a scripture

Etymology 3
From.

The of verb, itself cognate with.

Noun

 * : a warp ; the length, height, distance, or direction between up and down, above and below, or north and south; a hierarchy
 * : a warp
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Noun

 * : a warp

Etymology 5
→

From.

Cognate with classical verb, modern.

Verb

 * 1)  to elapse
 * 2)  to pass through, go through
 * 3)  to experience
 * 1)  to pass through, go through
 * 2)  to experience