Taxonomy of meanings for 頸:　　

  • 頸 qíng (OC: ɡeŋ MC: ɡiɛŋ) 巨成切 平 廣韻：【項也頸在前項在後巨成切又居郢切四 】
  • 頸 jǐng (OC: keŋʔ MC: kiɛŋ) 居郢切 上 廣韻：【項也居郢切又巨成切一 】
    • NECK
      • nfront of neck, throat; whole of neck
      • n[post-N]one's neckCH
      • n(post-N)the neck of the contextually determinate NLZ
    • VESSEL PARTS
      • CONSTELLATION

        Additional information about 頸

        說文解字: 【頸】，頭莖也。从頁、巠聲。 【居郢切】

          Criteria
        • NECK

          1. The current general word for the neck is lǐng 領.

          2. Xiàng 項 was late to become current, and the word comes to refer specifically to the back of the neck.

          3. Jǐng 頸 is colloquial and refers to the front part of the neck, but the word can also refer to the neck as a whole.

          4. Dòu 脰 is rare and refers to the front of the neck.

          Word relations
        • Object: (NECK)延/STRETCH OUT Yán 延 (ant. tuì 退 "retract" and perhaps shōu 收 "contract") refers to the stretching out of something in one distinct direction.