頸

See also: 颈

頸	U+9838, 頸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9838

← 頷
[U+9837]

CJK Unified Ideographs

頹 →
[U+9839]

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

Etymology 1

trad.		頸
simp.		颈
alternative forms		頚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): jǐng (jing³)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ

(Chengdu, SP): jin³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, 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): ²jin
Xiang (Wiktionary): jin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
  - Wade–Giles: ching³
  - Yale: jǐng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
  - Palladius: цзин (czin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: jin³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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: ²jin
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɪɲ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: jin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁴¹/

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/	/kiᴇŋ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiɛŋ/	/kiɛŋ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiæŋ/	/kiæŋ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/giajŋ/	/kiajŋ^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiɛŋ/	/kiɛŋ^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭɛŋ/	/kĭɛŋ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ɛŋ/	/ki̯ɛŋ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qíng	jǐng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	king⁴	ging²

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 ›	‹ kjieng^X ›
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

Definitions

頸

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
	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
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
	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, 頷筒仔
	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
Puxian Min	Xianyou	脰顱
Min Zhong	Yong'an	頭頸
	Sanyuan	脰頸
	Shaxian	脰總
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	頸
Zhongshan Min	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

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 (wěnjǐng)
刎頸之交／刎颈之交 (wěnjǐngzhījiāo)
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 (jǐnglián)
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
  - Wade–Giles: kêng³
  - Yale: gěng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
  - Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/

Definitions

頸

Used in colloquial words for the nape.

Compounds

脖頸／脖颈 (bógěng)

脖頸兒／脖颈儿 (bógěngr)

脖頸子／脖颈子 (bógěngzi)

Etymology 3

trad.		頸
simp.		颈
alternative forms		䫀／𫖱管滾／滚

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): kún

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, Tainan, Yilan, Kinmen): /kun⁵³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /kun⁵⁵/

Definitions

頸

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

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)

Alternative form of 首

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頸 (MC kiᴇŋ^X).

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

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [경]

Hanja

Wikisource 頸 (eumhun 목 경 (mok gyeong))

Hanja form^? of 경 (“neck”). [affix]

Compounds

경동맥 (頸動脈, gyeongdongmaek)
경추 (頸椎, gyeongchu)

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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