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頸
頸
See also: 颈
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
Chinese
| trad. | 頸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 颈 | |
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”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: ching3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiing
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ
- Wade-Giles: kêng3
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geeng
- IPA (key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴/
- Note: gěng - only used in some colloquial words (脖頸兒).
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: geng2
- Yale: géng
- Cantonese Pinyin: geng2
- IPA (key): /kɛːŋ³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: giang2
- IPA (key): /kiaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiáng
- Hakka Romanization System: giang`
- Hagfa Pinyim: giang3
- IPA: /ki̯aŋ³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
| Rime | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | 頸 | 頸 | 頸 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 清 (121) | 青 (125) | 清 (121) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 巨成切 | 古靈切 | 居郢切 |
| Reconstructions | |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡiᴇŋ/ | /keŋ/ | /kiᴇŋX/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɡiɛŋ/ | /keŋ/ | /kiɛŋX/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɡiæŋ/ | /kɛŋ/ | /kiæŋX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/giajŋ/ | /kɛjŋ/ | /kiajŋX/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɡiɛŋ/ | /keŋ/ | /kiɛŋX/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɡĭɛŋ/ | /kieŋ/ | /kĭɛŋX/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/gi̯ɛŋ/ | /kieŋ/ | /ki̯ɛŋX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
qíng | jīng | jǐng |
| 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; | ||
| 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
Synonyms
Compounds
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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