頸

See also: 颈
頸 U+9838, 頸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9838
← 頷
[U+9837] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 頹 →
[U+9839]

Translingual

Han character

頸 (radical 181 頁+7, 16 strokes, cangjie input 一一一月金 (MMMBC), four-corner 11186, composition ⿰巠頁)

References

  • KangXi: page 1405, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43515
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1922, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4373, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9838

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (巠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
葝 *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ
頸 *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ
勁 *kɯns, *keŋs
鑋 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs
輕 *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs
涇 *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ
經 *keːŋ, *keːŋs
鵛 *keːŋ
巠 *keːŋ
剄 *keːŋʔ
烴 *keːŋʔ
徑 *keːŋs
逕 *keːŋs
桱 *keːŋs
蛵 *qʰeːŋ
陘 *ɡeːŋ
鋞 *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ
脛 *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs
踁 *ɡeːŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ) : phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ) + semantic 頁 (“body part”).

Etymology 1

trad. 頸
simp. 颈

Pronunciation

Note:
  • geng2 - vernacular (can also be used in literary contexts);
  • ging2 - literary (rare).
Rime
Character 頸 頸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 清 (121) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 巨成切 居郢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɡiᴇŋ/ /kiᴇŋX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɡiɛŋ/ /kiɛŋX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɡiæŋ/ /kiæŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /giajŋ/ /kiajŋX/
Li
Rong		 /ɡiɛŋ/ /kiɛŋX/
Wang
Li		 /ɡĭɛŋ/ /kĭɛŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /gi̯ɛŋ/ /ki̯ɛŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qíng jǐng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 頸 頸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jǐng jǐng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ gjieng › ‹ kjiengX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*m-[k]eŋ/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?) /*[k]eŋʔ/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)
English neck neck

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 頸 頸
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 6789 6795
Phonetic
component		 巠 巠
Rime
group		 耕 耕
Rime
subdivision		 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 頸 頸
Old
Chinese		 /*keŋʔ/ /*ɡeŋ/

Definitions

頸

  1. neck (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    我條頸好痕。 / 我条颈好痕。 [Cantonese]  ―  Ngo5 tiu4 geng2 hou2 han4. [Jyutping]  ―  My neck is itchy.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 脖子 (“neck”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 頸、頸項、脰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 頸項、頸部
Mandarin Beijing 脖子
Taiwan 脖子
Harbin 脖子
Shenyang 脖子
Hailar 脖子
Ulan Hot 脖子
Tongliao 脖子
Chifeng 脖子
Bayanhot 脖子、脖頸
Jinan 脖子
Muping 脖子
Luoyang 脖子
Jiedian 脖項、脖子
Xi'an 脖項、脖子
Qingdao 脖頸子
Zhengzhou 脖子
Xining 脖板、脖脖
Xuzhou 脖頸子、脖了頸子
Yinchuan 脖子
Lanzhou 脖子
Ürümqi 脖子
Wuhan 頸子、頸框
Chengdu 頸項、脖子、頸子
Guiyang 脖頸
Liuzhou 頸脖
Kunming 脖子
Yangzhou 頸項、頸亢
Nanjing 頸子、脖子
Hefei 腦頸把子
Nantong 頸項、頸亢
Cantonese Guangzhou 頸
Hong Kong 頸
Shunde 頸
Foshan 頸
Zhongshan 頸
Dongguan 頸
Hong Kong (Weitou) 頸
Taishan 頸
Doumen 頸
Kaiping 頸
Shaoguan 頸
Yunfu 頸
Yangjiang 頸、頸柄
Xinyi 頸
Lianjiang 頸
Danzhou 頸
Kuala Lumpur 頸
Gan Nanchang 頸
Lichuan 頸
Pingxiang 頸牯
Hakka Meixian 頸根
Xingning 頸
Huidong 頸
Qujiang 頸
Xiaosanjiang 頸
Changting 頸
Pingyu 頸根
Wuping 頸根
Liancheng 頸骨
Ninghua 頸
Yudu 頸
Ruijin 頸
Shicheng 頸
Shangyou 頸根
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頸根
Liudui (S. Sixian) 頸根
Hsinchu (Hailu) 頸根
Dongshi (Dabu) 頸根
Zhuolan (Raoping) 頸根
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 頸
Hong Kong 頸
Sabah 頸
Senai 頸
Singkawang 頸、頸根
Huizhou Shexian 頭頸、項頸
Tunxi 頭頸
Jixi 扣頸、脰頸
Jin Taiyuan 脖子
Xinzhou 脖子
Baochang 脖子
Jining 脖頸
Hohhot 脖子
Baotou 脖頸
Dongsheng 脖子
Linhe 脖頸
Haibowan 脖頸
Min Bei Jian'ou 脰、仲仲
Min Dong Fuzhou 脰骨
Changle 脰骨
Fuqing 脰脖筋、脰脖株
Yongtai 脰骨
Gutian 脰穩
Fu'an 脰穩
Ningde 脰穩
Shouning 脰領
Zhouning 脰引
Fuding 脰穩
Matsu 脰脖
Min Nan Xiamen 頷頸、脰項
Quanzhou 頷胿
Zhangzhou 頷頸、頷仔
Taipei 頷頸仔
Kaohsiung 頷頸
Tainan 頷胿、頷頸仔、頷仔頸
Taichung 頷仔頸
Wuqi 頷頸
Hsinchu 頷頸
Taitung 頷頸仔
Lukang 頷頸
Sanxia 頷頸
Yilan 頷頸、頷頸仔
Kinmen 頷頸
Magong 頷頸
Penang 頷仔頸
Philippines (Manila) 頷胿
Chaozhou 頷
Shantou 頷
Haifeng 頷
Johor Bahru 頷
Wenchang 脰、脰蒂根
Haikou 脰蒂、脰
Leizhou 脰
Puxian Min Putian 脰顱
Xianyou 脰顱
Pinghua Nanning 頸
Wu Shanghai 頭頸、頭頸骨
Suzhou 頭頸
Hangzhou 脰頸、脖子
Wenzhou 頭頸
Chongming 頸骨
Danyang 頸梗
Jinhua 項頸
Tangxi 頭頸
Ningbo 頭頸骨、頭頸
Xiang Changsha 頸根、頸箍
Shuangfeng 頸殼
Xiangtan 頸筋
Loudi 頸頜、頸筋

Compounds

  • 一頸血／一颈血
  • 交頸／交颈
  • 伸頭縮頸／伸头缩颈
  • 係頸／系颈
  • 係頸闕庭／系颈阙庭
  • 刎頸／刎颈
  • 刎頸之交／刎颈之交
  • 刎頸交／刎颈交
  • 刎頸至交／刎颈至交
  • 吊頸／吊颈 (diàojǐng)
  • 子宮頸／子宫颈 (zǐgōngjǐng)
  • 子宮頸炎／子宫颈炎
  • 子宮頸癌／子宫颈癌 (zǐgōngjǐng'ái)
  • 延頸／延颈
  • 延頸企踵／延颈企踵
  • 延頸待刃／延颈待刃
  • 延頸舉踵／延颈举踵
  • 引頸／引颈
  • 引頸受戮／引颈受戮
  • 引頸受死／引颈受死

Etymology 2

trad. 頸
simp. 颈

Usually considered to be the colloquial reading of etymology 1. Wang (2016) considers the semantic narrowing from “neck” to “nape” in the limited context of 脖_子 to be implausible.

Pronunciation

Definitions

頸

  1. Used in colloquial words for the nape.

Compounds

  • 脖頸兒／脖颈儿
  • 脖頸子／脖颈子

Etymology 3

trad. 頸
simp. 颈
alt. forms 䫀
管
滾／滚

Pronunciation

Definitions

頸

  1. Only used in 頷頸／颔颈 and its variants.

Compounds

  • 頷仔頸／颔仔颈
  • 頷頸仔／颔颈仔

Japanese

Kanji

頸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Noun

頸 (hiragana くび, rōmaji kubi)

  1. Alternative form of 首

Korean

Hanja

頸 • (gyeong) (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune–Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

頸 (nghỉnh, cảnh)

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