# 頸

| 頸 | U+9838, &#38968; 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 1118$_6$, 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

* Historical forms of the character 頸
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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

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

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jǐng (jing$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jin$^3$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): geng$^2$ / ging$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): giang$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): jiang$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kiáng
    (Hailu, HRS): giang$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): giang$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): géng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ging$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kèng / kéng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gên$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$cin
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jin$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐng
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐng
*** Wade–Giles: ching$^3$
*** Yale: jǐng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
*** Palladius: цзин (czin)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jin$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gin
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: geng$^2$ / ging$^2$
*** Yale: géng / gíng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: geng$^2$ / ging$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: géng$^2$ / ging$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɛːŋ³⁵/, /kɪŋ³⁵/
* geng2 - vernacular (can also be used in literary contexts);
* ging2 - literary (rare).
* Middle Chinese: gjieng, kjiengX
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/ | /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$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /gi̯ɛŋ/ | /ki̯ɛŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qíng | jǐng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | king$^4$ | ging$^2$ |
* 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/ |

#### Definitions

頸
* neck (Classifier: 條／条 c)
       ngo$^5$ tiu$^4$ geng$^2$ hou$^2$ han$^4$. [Jyutping]
       My neck is itchy.
* neck-like thing
    瓶頸／瓶颈 ― píngjǐng ― bottleneck
    子宮頸／子宫颈 ― zǐgōngjǐng ― cervix

##### 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, 皮板筋 |
| 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 | Pengze | 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

* 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 (zǐgōngjǐngyán)
* 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)
* 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)
* 頭頸 / 头颈
* 鴛鴦折頸 / 鸳鸯折颈

### Etymology 2

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 (geng$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gěng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gěng
*** Wade–Giles: kêng$^3$
*** Yale: gěng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
*** Palladius: гэн (gɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /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
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kún
* Southern Min
** (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

| Shinjitai (extended) | 頚 |
| Kyūjitai | 頸 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 頚)

#### Readings

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

### Etymology

For pronunciation and definitions of 頸 – see the following entry. :
| 【頚】H | [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] neck [kanji] head Kanji reading: けい, くび |
(This term, 頸, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 頸 (MC kjiengX).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 겨ᇰ〯 (Yale: kyěng) | 겨ᇰ〯 (Yale: kyěng) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 목 (Yale: mwòk) | 겨ᇰ〯 (Yale: kyěng) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [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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