頸

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

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

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[edit]

trad. 頸
simp. 颈

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • geng2 - vernacular (can also be used in literary contexts);
  • ging2 - literary (rare).
  • Gan
  • Hakka
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
  • Xiang
    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[edit]

    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[edit]
    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
    Ulanhot 脖子
    Tongliao 脖子
    Chifeng 脖子
    Bayanhot 脖子, 脖頸
    Jinan 脖子
    Muping 脖子
    Luoyang 脖子
    Wanrong 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
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 頸
    Foshan 頸
    Shunde 頸
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頸
    Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 頸
    Taishan 頸
    Kaiping (Chikan) 頸
    Dongguan 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 (Daling) 頸
    Qujiang 頸
    Lianshan (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
    Hsinchu (Raoping) 頸根
    Yunlin (Zhao'an) 頸
    Hong Kong 頸
    Sabah 頸
    Senai 頸
    Singkawang 頸, 頸根
    Huizhou Jixi 扣頸, 脰頸
    Shexian 頭頸, 項頸
    Tunxi 頭頸
    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, 頷捘
    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, 頷頸
    Philippines (Manila) 頷胿
    Chaozhou 頷
    Shantou 頷
    Haifeng 頷
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頷
    Wenchang 脰, 脰蒂根
    Haikou 脰蒂, 脰
    Leizhou 脰
    Puxian Min Putian 脰顱
    Xianyou 脰顱
    Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 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 頸殼, 頸筋

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 2[edit]

    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[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    頸

    1. Used in colloquial words for the nape.

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 3[edit]

    trad. 頸
    simp. 颈
    alternative forms 䫀／𫖱
    管
    滾／滚

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Definitions[edit]

    頸

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

    Compounds[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    頸

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    Readings[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    頸 (hiragana くび, rōmaji kubi)

    1. Alternative form of 首

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

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

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    頸 (nghỉnh, cảnh)

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