頸

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See also: 颈
頸 U+9838, 頸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9838
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Translingual

Traditional 頸
Shinjitai
(extended) 		頚
Simplified 颈

Han character

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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／形声, OC *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ) : phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ) + semantic 頁 (“body part”).

Etymology 1

trad. 頸
simp. 颈
alternative forms 頚

Schuessler (2007) compares this to Tibetan སྐེ (ske, “neck”), Chepang केक् (kek, “neck”), कय्‍क् (kəyk, “neck, stem”), and suggests that this word is part of a larger word family based on a Sino-Tibetan root *ke (“concave”). These Tibeto-Burman comparanda are given under Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s/m-kej-k (“neck”) in STEDT.

Wang (1982) relates this to 亢 (OC *kaːŋ, “neck”), but Schuessler (2007) finds this relationship unlikely.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • geng2 - vernacular (can also be used in literary contexts);
  • ging2 - literary (rare).
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
Baxter gjieng kjiengX
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-eŋ/ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?) /*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. * 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

Definitions

頸

  1. neck (Classifier: 條／条 c)
    我條頸好痕。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    我条颈好痕。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ngo5 tiu4 geng2 hou2 han4.
    My neck is itchy.
  2. neck-like thing
    瓶頸／瓶颈  ―  píngjǐng  ―  bottleneck
    子宮頸／子宫颈  ―  zǐgōngjǐng  ―  cervix
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 脖子 (“neck”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 頸, 項, 頸項, 亢, 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
Yantai (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
Guangzhou (Panyu) 頸
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 頸
Guangzhou (Conghua) 頸
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 頸
Foshan 頸
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 頸
Foshan (Shunde) 頸
Foshan (Sanshui) 頸
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 頸
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 頸
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 頸
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 頸
Zhuhai (Doumen) 頸
Jiangmen (Baisha) 頸
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 頸
Taishan 頸
Kaiping (Chikan) 頸
Enping (Niujiang) 頸
Heshan (Yayao) 頸頭
Dongguan 頸
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 頸
Qingyuan 頸
Fogang 頸
Yingde (Hanguang) 頸
Yangshan 頸
Lianshan (Butian) 頸
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 頸
Shaoguan 頸
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頸
Renhua 頸
Lechang 頸
Zhaoqing (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
Hengzhou 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
Shaoguan (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 (Shexi) 頸根
Tonggu (Sandu) 頸
Ganzhou (Panlong) 頸筋
Dayu 頸
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 頸根
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 頸根
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 頸根
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 頸根
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 頸根
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 頸
Hong Kong 頸
Yangxi (Tangkou) 頸
Yangchun (Sanjia) 頸
Xinyi (Sihe) 頸
Xinyi (Qianpai) 頸
Gaozhou (Xindong) 頸
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) 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
Northern Min 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
Eastern Min 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
Southern Min 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
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 頷仔
Zhangzhou (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
Shantou (Chenghai) 頷
Shantou (Chaoyang) 頷
Jieyang 頷
Lufeng 頷筒仔
Haifeng 頷, 頷仔, 頷筒仔, 頷脰
Bangkok (Teochew) 頷
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 頷
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 頷
Singapore (Teochew) 頷
Leizhou 脰
Wenchang 脰, 脰蒂根
Haikou 脰蒂, 脰
Qionghai 脰蒂
Singapore (Hainanese) 脰蒂
Puxian Min Putian 脰顱
Xianyou 脰顱
Central Min Yong'an 頭頸
Sanyuan 脰頸
Shaxian 脰總
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 頸骨, 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
Shanghai (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
Xiangtan 頸筋
Loudi 頸殼, 頸筋
Shuangfeng 頸殼

Compounds

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

Definitions

頸

  1. Used in colloquial words for the nape.

Compounds

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

頸

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

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

頚

Kyūjitai

頸

Kanji

頸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頚)

Readings

Noun

頸(くび) • (kubi) 

  1. Alternative form of 首

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頸 (MC kjiengX).

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

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

頸 (eumhun 목 경 (mok gyeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 경 (“neck”).

Compounds

Compounds

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

頸: Hán Nôm readings: nghỉnh, cảnh

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