頸

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

See also: 颈

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

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Chinese

trad.		頸
simp.		颈

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”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐng, gěng (jing³, geng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ, ㄍㄥˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): geng²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): giang²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiáng
• Min Nan (POJ): kèng / kún / kńg

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ching³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: gěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
    • Wade-Giles: kêng³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
    • IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/

Note: gěng - only used in some colloquial words (脖頸兒).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng²
    • Yale: géng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng²
    • IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: giang²
    • IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: giang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giang³
    • IPA: /ki̯aŋ³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
    • Tâi-lô: kìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún
    • Tâi-lô: kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuon
    • IPA (Taipei): /kun⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kńg
    • Tâi-lô: kńg
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngr
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴¹/

Note: kún/kńg - 管 is used in the Mainland.

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiᴇŋ/, /keŋ/, /kiᴇŋ^X/▼

Rime
Character	頸	頸	頸
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	清 (121)	青 (125)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV	III
Fanqie	巨成切	古靈切	居郢切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡiᴇŋ/	/keŋ/	/kiᴇŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛŋ/	/keŋ/	/kiɛŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæŋ/	/kɛŋ/	/kiæŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giajŋ/	/kɛjŋ/	/kiajŋX/
Li Rong	/ɡiɛŋ/	/keŋ/	/kiɛŋX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛŋ/	/kieŋ/	/kĭɛŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛŋ/	/kieŋ/	/ki̯ɛŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng	jīng	jǐng

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*m-[k]eŋ/, /*[k]eŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*keŋʔ/, /*ɡeŋ/

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.

Compounds

• 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
• 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

• 弔頸／吊颈
• 引頸／引颈
• 引頸受戮／引颈受戮
• 引頸受死／引颈受死
• 引頸就戮／引颈就戮
• 引頸翹望／引颈翘望
• 扭頭折頸／扭头折颈
• 斑頸鳩／斑颈鸠
• 曲頸甑／曲颈甑
• 燕頷虎頸／燕颔虎颈
• 瓶頸／瓶颈 (píngjǐng)
• 突破瓶頸／突破瓶颈
• 粉頸酥胸／粉颈酥胸
• 縊頸／缢颈
• 繫頸／系颈

• 脖頸兒／脖颈儿
• 脖頸子／脖颈子
• 長頸鳥喙／长颈鸟喙
• 長頸鹿／长颈鹿 (chángjǐnglù)
• 頭頸／头颈
• 頸動脈／颈动脉
• 頸動脈竇／颈动脉窦
• 頸椎／颈椎 (jǐngzhuī)
• 頸聯／颈联
• 頸肌／颈肌
• 頸血／颈血 (jǐngxiě)
• 頸部／颈部 (jǐngbù)
• 頸靜脈／颈静脉
• 頸項／颈项 (jǐngxiàng)
• 鴛鴦折頸／鸳鸯折颈

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Japanese

Kanji

頸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō), ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Kun: くび (kubi)

Noun

頸 (hiragana くび, rōmaji kubi)

1. Alternative form of 首

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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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