Wiktionary

頸

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

TranslingualEdit

Traditional 頸
Shinjitai
(extended) 		頚
Simplified 颈

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

ChineseEdit

Glyph originEdit

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 1Edit

trad. 頸
simp. 颈

PronunciationEdit

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
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		king4 ging2
    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/
     
    頸

    DefinitionsEdit

    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.
    SynonymsEdit
    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
    Ulanhot 脖子
    Tongliao 脖子
    Chifeng 脖子
    Bayanhot 脖子, 脖頸
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 脖子
    Harbin 脖子
    Shenyang 脖子
    Muping 脖子
    Qingdao 脖頸子
    Jinan 脖子
    Luoyang 脖子
    Wanrong 脖項, 脖子
    Zhengzhou 脖子
    Xi'an 脖項, 脖子
    Yinchuan 脖子
    Lanzhou 脖子
    Xining 脖板, 脖脖
    Ürümqi 脖子
    Wuhan 頸子, 頸框
    Chengdu 頸項, 脖子, 頸子
    Chongqing 頸子, 頸項
    Guiyang 脖頸
    Kunming 脖子
    Liuzhou 頸脖
    Xuzhou 脖頸子, 脖了頸子
    Yangzhou 頸項, 頸亢
    Nanjing 頸子, 脖子
    Hefei 腦頸把子
    Nantong 頸項, 頸亢
    Singapore 頸項, 脖子
    Cantonese Guangzhou 頸
    Hong Kong 頸
    Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 頸
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 頸
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 頸
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 頸
    Macau 頸
    Panyu 頸
    Huadu (Huashan) 頸
    Conghua 頸
    Zengcheng 頸
    Foshan 頸
    Nanhai (Shatou) 頸
    Shunde 頸
    Sanshui 頸
    Gaoming (Mingcheng) 頸
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頸
    Zhuhai (Qianshan) 頸
    Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 頸
    Doumen 頸
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 頸
    Xinhui 頸
    Taishan 頸
    Kaiping (Chikan) 頸
    Enping (Niujiang) 頸
    Heshan (Yayao) 頸頭
    Dongguan 頸
    Bao'an (Shajing) 頸
    Qingyuan 頸
    Fogang 頸
    Yingde (Hanguang) 頸
    Yangshan 頸
    Lianshan (Butian) 頸
    Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 頸
    Shaoguan 頸
    Qujiang 頸
    Renhua 頸
    Lechang 頸
    Gaoyao 頸
    Sihui 頸
    Guangning 頸
    Deqing 頸
    Huaiji 頸
    Fengkai (Nanfeng) 頸
    Yunfu 頸
    Xinxing 頸
    Luoding 頸
    Yunan (Pingtai) 頸
    Yangjiang 頸, 頸柄
    Xinyi 頸
    Lianjiang 頸
    Wuchuan (Wuyang) 頸, 頸兒
    Nanning 頸
    Wuzhou 頸
    Yulin 頸
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 頸, 頸筋
    Guiping 頸
    Mengshan (Xihe) 頸
    Guigang (Nanjiang) 頸
    Beiliu (Tangliao) 頸
    Baise 頸
    Bobai 頸
    Lingshan 頸
    Pubei 頸
    Qinzhou 頸
    Beihai 頸
    Ningming 頸
    Hengxian 頸
    Hezhou (Pumen) 頸
    Danzhou 頸
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 頸
    Singapore (Guangfu) 頸
    Gan Nanchang 頸
    Lichuan 頸
    Pingxiang 頸牯
    Hakka Meixian 頸根, 頸
    Xingning 頸
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 頸
    Huidong (Daling) 頸
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 頸
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 頸
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 頸骨
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 頸根
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 頸根
    Wuhua (Changbu) 頸根
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 頸
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 頸
    Wengyuan 頸
    Qujiang 頸
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 頸
    Liannan 頸
    Conghua (Lütian) 頸
    Jiexi 頸
    Luhe 頸根
    Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) 頸骨
    Changting 頸
    Wuping 頸根
    Wuping (Yanqian) 頸官
    Wuping (Pingyu) 頸根
    Liancheng 頸骨, 頸
    Ninghua 頸
    Yudu 頸
    Ruijin 頸
    Shicheng 頸
    Shangyou 頸根
    Tonggu (Sandu) 頸
    Ganzhou (Panlong) 頸筋
    Dayu 頸
    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
    Yangxi (Tangkou) 頸
    Yangchun (Sanjia) 頸
    Xinyi (Sihe) 頸
    Xinyi (Qianpai) 頸
    Gaozhou (Xindong) 頸
    Dianbai (Shalang) 頸骨
    Huazhou (Xin'an) 頸
    Lianjiang (Shijiao) 頸
    Lianjiang (Qingping) 頸骨
    Mengshan (Xihe) 頸
    Luchuan 頸
    Sabah (Longchuan) 頸
    Senai (Huiyang) 頸
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 頸
    Singkawang 頸, 頸根
    Singapore (Meixian) 頸根
    Singapore (Dabu) 頸根
    Huizhou Jixi 扣頸, 脰頸
    Shexian 頭頸, 項頸
    Tunxi 頭頸
    Jin Taiyuan 脖子
    Xinzhou 脖子
    Taibus (Baochang) 脖子
    Linhe 脖頸
    Jining 脖頸
    Hohhot 脖子
    Baotou 脖頸
    Dongsheng 脖子
    Haibowan 脖頸
    Min Bei Jian'ou 脰, 仲仲
    Jian'ou (Dikou) 脰仔
    Songxi 脰骨
    Zhenghe 脰子
    Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 脰管
    Jianyang 脰
    Wuyishan 脰
    Pucheng (Shibei) 脰
    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
    Xiamen (Tong'an) 頷頸
    Quanzhou 頷胿, 下頷
    Jinjiang 頷胿
    Hui'an 頷胿
    Anxi 脰項
    Yongchun 脰穩
    Dehua 脰穩
    Zhangzhou 頷頸, 頷仔, 頷捘
    Longhai 頷仔
    Changtai 頷仔頸
    Pinghe 頸骨
    Zhangpu 頷仔
    Yunxiao 頷骨仔
    Zhao'an 頷仔, 頷骨
    Dongshan 頷
    Taipei 頷頸仔
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 頷頸
    Kaohsiung 頷頸
    Yilan 頷頸, 頷頸仔
    Changhua (Lukang) 頷頸
    Taichung 頷仔頸
    Taichung (Wuqi) 頷頸
    Tainan 頷胿, 頷頸仔, 頷仔頸
    Taitung 頷頸仔
    Hsinchu 頷頸
    Kinmen 頷頸
    Penghu (Magong) 頷頸
    Penang (Hokkien) 頷仔頸, 頷頸
    Singapore (Hokkien) 頷頸
    Manila (Hokkien) 頷胿
    Longyan 頭顱頸仔
    Zhangping 頷仔
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 領頸
    Datian 脰嚨
    Chaozhou 頷
    Shantou 頷
    Chenghai 頷
    Chaoyang 頷
    Jieyang 頷
    Lufeng 頷筒仔
    Haifeng 頷, 頷筒仔
    Bangkok (Teochew) 頷
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頷
    Singapore (Teochew) 頷
    Leizhou 脰
    Wenchang 脰, 脰蒂根
    Haikou 脰蒂, 脰
    Qionghai 脰蒂
    Puxian Min Putian 脰顱
    Xianyou 脰顱
    Min Zhong Yong'an 頭頸
    Sanyuan 脰頸
    Shaxian 脰總
    Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 頸
    Sanxiang 腚頸
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 頸, 頸子
    Shehua Fu'an 頸棟
    Fuding 頸棟
    Sanming 頸龍
    Shunchang 頸棟
    Hua'an 頸骨
    Wu Shanghai 頭頸, 頭頸骨
    Chongming 頸骨
    Suzhou 頭頸
    Danyang 頸梗
    Hangzhou 脰頸, 脖子
    Ningbo 頭頸骨, 頭頸
    Wenzhou 頭頸
    Jinhua 項頸
    Jinhua (Tangxi) 頭頸
    Xiang Changsha 頸根, 頸箍
    Shuangfeng 頸殼
    Xiangtan 頸筋
    Loudi 頸殼, 頸筋

    CompoundsEdit

    Etymology 2Edit

    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.

    PronunciationEdit

    DefinitionsEdit

    頸

    1. Used in colloquial words for the nape.

    CompoundsEdit

    Etymology 3Edit

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

    PronunciationEdit

    DefinitionsEdit

    頸

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

    CompoundsEdit

    JapaneseEdit

    KanjiEdit

    頸

    (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

    ReadingsEdit

    NounEdit

    頸(くび) • (kubi) 

    1. Alternative form of 首

    KoreanEdit

    EtymologyEdit

    From Middle Chinese 頸 (MC kiᴇŋX).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 겨ᇰ〯 (Yale: kyěng)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1] 목 (Yale: mwòk) 겨ᇰ〯 (Yale: kyěng)

    PronunciationEdit

    HanjaEdit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    頸 (eumhun 목 경 (mok gyeong))

    1. Hanja form? of 경 (“neck”). [affix]

    CompoundsEdit

    Compounds

    ReferencesEdit

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

    VietnameseEdit

    Han characterEdit

    頸: Hán Nôm readings: nghỉnh, cảnh

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