Hanja Analyzer
頸

頸 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
목 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
neck, throat
Mandarin
jǐng
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, キョウ, ギョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
くび
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
16
Variant forms
頚
Radical
頁 (181, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+9838

Parts that make up 頸

  • 巠 베틀에 걸린 날실‘경’ 계열의 소리
  • 頁 머리 혈 몸 위에 얹힌 머리머리와 얼굴, 머리로 하는 일

How 頸 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 頸 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 巠, 頁.

Korean example words with 頸

  • 두경부頭頸部 Korean gloss: ‘두부’와 ‘경부’를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 장경병長頸甁 Korean gloss: 전통적인 도자기 가운데 목 부분이 긴 병
  • 단경短頸 Korean gloss: 짧은 목.
  • 문경刎頸 Korean gloss: 목을 벰.
  • 경위頸圍 Korean gloss: 목의 둘레.
  • 경측頸側 Korean gloss: 목의 옆쪽.
  • 경모頸毛 Korean gloss: 목덜미의 털.
  • 장경長頸 Korean gloss: 목이 긴 것.
  • 경식頸飾 Korean gloss: 목에 거는 장식.
  • 경혈頸血 Korean gloss: 목에서 흐르는 피.
  • 암경巖頸 Korean gloss: 원통형의 용암 기둥.
  • 경맥頸脈 Korean gloss: 후두 옆에서 뛰는 맥.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 頸

  • 頸肉けいにく neck flesh
  • 頸部けいぶ neck
  • 斜頸しゃけい torticollis; wryneck; stiff neck
  • 頸上くびかみ neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
  • 上頸あげくび neckband; round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
  • 頸袋けいたい dewlap
  • 頸管けいかん cervical canal
  • 頸飾けいしょく necklace
  • 頸動脈けいどうみゃく carotid artery
  • 子宮頸しきゅうけい (uterine) cervix
  • 頸椎症けいついしょう cervical spondylosis
  • 後頸部こうけいぶ nape; back of the neck

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 頁

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