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 (first edition): volume 7, page 4373, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9838

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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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): jin³

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): geng², ging²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): giang²

• Gan (Wiktionary): jiang³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiáng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giang³

• Min Dong (BUC): géng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kèng / kéng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gên³

• Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T2)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): jin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jǐng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ching3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jin³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geng², ging²
    • Yale: géng, gíng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: geng², ging²
    • Guangdong Romanization: géng², ging²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛːŋ³⁵/, /kɪŋ³⁵/

Note:

• geng2 - vernacular (can also be used in literary contexts);
• ging2 - literary (rare).

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: giang²
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiaŋ⁵⁵/

Gan

• (Nanchang)
  • Wiktionary: jiang³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiaŋ²¹³/

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiáng
  • Hakka Romanization System: giang`
  • Hagfa Pinyim: giang³
  • Sinological IPA: /ki̯aŋ³¹/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: giang³
  • Sinological IPA: /ciaŋ³¹/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: géng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiŋ²¹³/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng
  • Tâi-lô: kìng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: kexng
  • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ²¹/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng
  • Tâi-lô: kíng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: keang
  • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹/
• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gên³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kèⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kẽ²¹³/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: jin (T2)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: jin³
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡiᴇŋ/, /kiᴇŋ^X/

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

• 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.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 脖子 (“neck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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 (Hokkien)	頷仔頸, 頷頸
	Philippines (Manila Hokkien)	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

• 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 (yǐnjǐng)
• 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
• 拗頸／拗颈
• 揸頸就命／揸颈就命
• 攬頭攬頸／揽头揽颈
• 斑頸鳩／斑颈鸠
• 曲頸甑／曲颈甑 (qūjǐngzèng)
• 樽頸／樽颈 (zūnjǐng)
• 死牛一便頸／死牛一便颈
• 燕頷虎頸／燕颔虎颈
• 瓶頸／瓶颈 (píngjǐng)
• 痰上頸／痰上颈
• 瞓捩頸／𰥛捩颈
• 硬頸／硬颈 (yìngjǐng)
• 突破瓶頸／突破瓶颈
• 粉頸酥胸／粉颈酥胸
• 縊頸／缢颈 (yìjǐng)
• 繫頸／系颈

• 身光頸靚／身光颈靓
• 長頸鳥喙／长颈鸟喙
• 長頸鹿／长颈鹿 (chángjǐnglù)
• 頂頸／顶颈 (dǐngjǐng)
• 頭頸／头颈
• 頸動脈／颈动脉 (jǐngdòngmài)
• 頸動脈竇／颈动脉窦 (jǐngdòngmàidòu)
• 頸巾／颈巾
• 頸根／颈根
• 頸椎／颈椎 (jǐngzhuī)
• 頸渴／颈渴
• 頸聯／颈联
• 頸肌／颈肌
• 頸血／颈血 (jǐngxuè)
• 頸部／颈部 (jǐngbù)
• 頸鏈／颈链
• 頸靜脈／颈静脉 (jǐngjìngmài)
• 頸項／颈项 (jǐngxiàng)
• 鴛鴦折頸／鸳鸯折颈

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěng (geng³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gěng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
    • Wade–Giles: kêng3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

頸

1. Used in colloquial words for the nape.

Compounds

• 脖頸／脖颈 (bógěng)

• 脖頸兒／脖颈儿

• 脖頸子／脖颈子

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): kún

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kún
    • Tâi-lô: kún
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kuon
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kun⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kinmen): /kun⁵³/

Definitions

頸

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

Compounds

• 頷仔頸／颔仔颈

• 頷頸／颔颈 (ām-kún)

• 頷頸仔／颔颈仔

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Japanese

Kanji

頸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō); ぎょう (gyō)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)
• Kun: くび (kubi, 頸)

Noun

頸(くび) • (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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