NECK    頸子領

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Old Chinese Criteria
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.
黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006 HUMAN BODY 38. 領，脖子，從《左傳》起就不單用，只保留在先秦成語固定組合中。 頸，本指脖子的前部，逐漸替代了 “ 領 ” 指整個脖子。 項，本指脖子的後部，泛指整個脖子。 脰，方言詞，指整個脖子。 脖，本和 “ 胦 ” 連文，指人的肚臍，近代口語中指稱整個頸部。
Modern Chinese Criteria
頸 頭頸 頸項 脖子 脖 領 脖頸兒 脖梗兒 脖頸子 脖梗子 項 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
    Other Hypernyms
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
    • 　 (anc: 0/0, child: 0)
    • N/A　 (anc: 3/0, child: 85)
    • Not defined　 (anc: 2/0, child: 203)
    • PRIME　 (anc: 1/0, child: 2)
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    HALS, GENICK

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  • 古辭辨 Gu ci bian ( WANG FENGYANG 1993) p. 121

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    • Words (6 items)

    領  lǐng OC: ɡ-reŋʔ MC: liɛŋ 15 Attributions

    The current general word for the neck is lǐng 領.

      Syntactic words
    • nneck as a whole 引領"stretch one's head"
    頸  jǐng OC: keŋʔ MC: kiɛŋ 14 Attributions

    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.

      Word relations
    • Object: 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.

      Syntactic words
    • nfront of neck, throat; whole of neck
    • n(post-N)the neck of the contextually determinate NLZ
    • n[post-N]one's neckCH
    脰  dòu OC: doos MC: du 4 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • nZUO Xiang 18: neck; cf. ZZ 197；throat
    項  xiàng OC: ɡrooŋʔ MC: ɦɣɔŋ 2 Attributions

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

      Syntactic words
    • nback of the neck; neck generally
    頸領  jǐng lǐng OC: keŋʔ ɡ-reŋʔ MC: kiɛŋ liɛŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPneck and throat
    頡  xié OC: ɡiid MC: ɦet 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • viactstraighten the neck