jǐng

Radical: 页 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

颈 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: .

Words containing 颈

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 颈.

吊颈
diào jǐng
to hang oneself
后颈
hòu jǐng
头颈
tóu jǐng
宫颈
gōng jǐng
cervix
引颈
yǐn jǐng
to crane one's neck
手颈
shǒu jǐng
扼颈
è jǐng
to strangle
瓶颈
píng jǐng
bottleneck
缢颈
yì jǐng
to hang oneself
脖颈
bó gěng
项颈
xiàng jǐng
back of neck
颈圈
jǐng quān
collar (animal)

Related characters (radical 页)

Characters that share the radical .

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