# 脖

| 脖 | U+8116, &#33046; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8116 |
| ← 脕 [U+8115] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 脗 → [U+8117] |

## Translingual
### Han character

脖 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月十月木 (BJBD), four-corner 7424$_7$, composition ⿰月孛)

#### Derived characters

* 𫉖

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 982, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29497
* Dae Jaweon: page 1435, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2076, character 2
* Unihan data for U+8116

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 誖 | *pɯːds, *bɯːds, *bɯːd |
| 悖 | *bɯːds, *bɯːd |
| 孛 | *bɯːds, *bɯːd |
| 哱 | *pʰɯːd |
| 馞 | *pʰɯːd, *bɯːd |
| 勃 | *bɯːd |
| 餑 | *bɯːd |
| 郣 | *bɯːd |
| 浡 | *bɯːd |
| 桲 | *bɯːd |
| 挬 | *bɯːd |
| 脖 | *bɯːd |
| 鵓 | *bɯːd |
| 渤 | *bɯːd |
| 綍 | *pɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *bɯːd) : semantic ⺼ (“flesh”) + phonetic 孛 (OC *bɯːds, *bɯːd).

### Etymology 1

Attested since the Yuan dynasty. Zhengzhang (2002) proposes that it comes from 襮 (OC *poːwɢ, “embroidered collar”). Sheng (2010) points out that it is unlikely because of the rare literary usage of 襮 in the literature compared to the explosive vernacular usage of 脖 since the Yuan dynasty; he instead proposes that it may be from Proto-Turkic *bōń (“neck”), but also see Wang (2016) and Sun and Du (2022) for some difficulties with the Turkic hypothesis.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): but$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bah$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): buŏk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pu̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): buag$^8$ / buêg$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$beq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bór
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bór
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bór
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borl
*** Palladius: бор (bor)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bo$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
*** Sinological IPA : /po²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: but$^6$
*** Yale: buht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: but$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːt̚²/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bah$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /paʔ⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: buŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /puoʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pu̍t
*** Tâi-lô: pu̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: put
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /put̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚¹²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: buag$^8$ / buêg$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pua̍k / pue̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /puak̚⁴/, /puek̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$beq
*** MiniDict: beh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$beq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bəʔ¹²/

#### Definitions

脖
* neck

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 頸, 項, 頸項, 亢, 脰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 頸項, 頸部 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 脖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 頸項, 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 脖子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 脖子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 脖子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 脖子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 脖子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 脖子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 脖子, 脖頸子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 脖子, 格了脖兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 脖項, 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 脖項, 項脖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 脖子, 頸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 脖子, 頸子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 脖子, 頸脖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 脖項, 脖子, 項頸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 脖子, 脖朗骨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 脖子, 脖板, 脖脖, 板頸 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 脖頸子, 脖了頸子, 脖子, 脖頸兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 脖子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 脖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 脖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 脖子, 脖頸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 脖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 脖子, 脖頸 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 脖子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 脖子, 板頸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 頸項, 脖子, 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 頸項 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 頸項 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 脖子, 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 頸子, 頸項 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 頸子, 頸框 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 脖子, 頸脖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 脖子, 頸子, 頸項 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 脖頸, 頸根 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 頸 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 脖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 脖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 脖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 脖子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 頸子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 頸脖 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 頸梗 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 脖子, 頸項 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 頸子, 脖子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 頸項, 頸亢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 脖子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 脖子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 頸項, 頸亢 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 頸子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 頸子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 腦頸把子, 老頸子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 頸杆子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 頸頭 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 頸, 頸臂 of a person |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 頸, 頸柄 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 頸, 頸兒 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 頸, 頸筋 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 頸 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 頸 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 頸 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 頸 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 頸牯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 頸根, 頸 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 頸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 頸骨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 頸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 頸 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 頸 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 頸骨 |
| Hakka | Changting | 頸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 頸官 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 頸骨, 頸 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 頸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 頸 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 頸 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 頸 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 頸筋 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 頸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 頸 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 頸骨 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 頸骨 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 頸 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 頸 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 頸, 頸根 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Meixian) | 頸根 |
| Hakka | Singapore (Dabu) | 頸根 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 扣頸, 脰頸 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 頭頸, 項頸 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 頭頸 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 脖子 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 脖子, 脖頸 |
| Jin | Datong | 脖子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 脖子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 脖子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 脖子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 脖子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 脖子, 脖頸 |
| Jin | Jining | 脖子, 脖頸 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 脖子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 脖頸 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 脖子 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 脖頸 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 脖子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 脖子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 脖子 |
| Jin | Handan | 脖子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 脖了 |
| Jin | Suide | 脖子, 脖項 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 脰, 仲仲 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 脰仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 脰骨 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 脰仔 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 脰管 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 脰 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 脰 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 脰 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 脰骨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 脰骨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 脰脖筋, 脰脖株 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 脰骨 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 脰穩 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 脰穩 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 脰穩 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 脰領 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 脰引 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 脰穩 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 脰脖 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頷頸, 脰項 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頷胿, 下頷 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 頷胿 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 頷胿 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 脰項 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 脰穩 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 脰穩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頷頸, 頷管, 頷仔, 頷捘 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 頷仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 頷仔頸 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 頸骨 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 頷仔 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 頷骨仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 頷仔, 頷骨 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 頷頸仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 頷頸, 頷頸仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 頷仔頸 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 頷胿, 頷頸仔, 頷仔頸 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 頷頸仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 頷仔頸, 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 頷頸 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頷胿 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 頭顱頸仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 頷仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 領頸 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 脰嚨 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 頷筒仔 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 頷, 頷仔, 頷筒仔, 頷脰 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 頷 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 脰 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 脰, 脰蒂根 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 脰蒂, 脰 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 脰蒂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 脰蒂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 脰顱 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 脰顱 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 頭頸 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 脰頸 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 脰總 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 頸骨, 頸 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 腚頸 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 頸, 頸子 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 頸棟 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 頸棟 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 頸龍 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 頸棟 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 頸骨 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 頭頸, 頭頸骨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 頸骨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 頭頸 |
| Wu | Danyang | 頸梗 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 脰頸, 脖子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 頭頸骨, 頭頸 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭頸 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 項頸 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 頭頸 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 頸根, 頸箍 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 頸筋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 頸殼, 頸筋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 頸殼 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 頸筋 |

#### Compounds

* 勒脖子
* 卡脖子 (qiǎ bózi)
* 回脖
* 圍脖／围脖 (wéibó)
* 圍脖兒／围脖儿 (wéibór)
* 大脖子病 (dàbózibìng)
* 手脖子 (shǒubózi)
* 折脖子
* 拐脖兒／拐脖儿
* 抹脖子
* 掐脖子
* 擁脖／拥脖
* 殺雞扯脖／杀鸡扯脖
* 氣累脖兒／气累脖儿 (qìleibór)
* 牛脖子
* 犯牛脖子
* 窩脖／窝脖
* 窩脖兒／窝脖儿
* 窩脖子／窝脖子
* 紅脖子／红脖子 (hóngbózi)
* 縮脖子／缩脖子
* 繞脖子／绕脖子
* 脖兒拐／脖儿拐
* 脖兒梗／脖儿梗
* 脖子 (bózi)
* 脖子拐
* 脖拐
* 脖梗 (bógěng)
* 脖梗兒／脖梗儿
* 脖梗子
* 脖項／脖项 (bóxiàng)
* 脖領／脖领 (bólǐng)
* 脖領子／脖领子 (bólǐngzi)
* 脖頸／脖颈 (bógěng)
* 脖頸兒／脖颈儿 (bógěngr)
* 脖頸子／脖颈子 (bógěngzi)
* 腳脖子／脚脖子 (jiǎobózi)
* 膝脖蓋／膝脖盖
* 臉紅脖子粗／脸红脖子粗
* 花霾脖子
* 頂脖／顶脖
* 頸脖／颈脖
* 頸脖子／颈脖子
* 鷹脖色／鹰脖色
* 黑脖溜粗

### Etymology 2

Benedict (1979) relates this word to Tibetan དབུས (dbus, “middle; centre”). Alternatively, Schuessler (2007) relates this word to Proto-Monic *p[r/m]nus (“navel”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bó (bo$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): but$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bó
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bó
*** Wade–Giles: po$^2$
*** Yale: bwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: but$^6$
*** Yale: buht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: but$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /puːt̚²/
* Middle Chinese: bwot
Rime :
| Character | 脖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 沒 (56) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蒲没切 |
| Baxter | bwot |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /buət̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /buot̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /buət̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bwət̚/ |
| Li Rong | /buət̚/ |
| Wang Li | /buət̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /bʱuət̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bó |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | but$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 脖 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 984 |
| Phonetic component | 孛 |
| Rime group | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 勃 |
| Old Chinese | /*bɯːd/ |
| Notes | 見靈樞 |

#### Definitions

脖
* Used in words meaning “navel”.

#### Compounds

* 脖胦
* 脖臍／脖脐

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ほつ (hotsu)、ぼち (bochi)、ぼつ (botsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

脖 • (bal) (hangeul 발, revised bal, McCune–Reischauer pal, Yale pal)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

脖: Hán Nôm readings: bột, bộp
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