颈

jǐng · gěng

neck

Radical: 页 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

顺顶领顾题颜额须颠顿顽颓

Same radical

顺顶领顾题颜额须颠顿顽颓预项颂

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

head

Meanings2 pronunciations

jǐng

neck

gěng

used in bó gěng

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Words with 颈 108 total

to hang oneself吊颈diào jǐng collar (animal)颈圈jǐng quān neck颈项jǐng xiàng neck颈子jǐng zi (dialect) wrist手颈shǒu jǐng (dialect) neck头颈tóu jǐng back of neck项颈xiàng jǐng to crane one's neck · (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation引颈yǐn jǐng cervix; the neck of the uterus宫颈gōng jǐng

Idioms with 颈 16 total Chain

friends sworn to death · a friendship that would lead persons to die for each other · bosom friends who are willing to die for one another · sworn friends刎颈之交wěn jǐng zhī jiāo