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

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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

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

• 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／瞓捩颈
• 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
variant 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 (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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