Memory phrase for the Kanji: 颈


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Meaning neck, nape, throat

Pronunciation

jǐng

Explanation

Left: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )

Mnemonic


 
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.

Radicals

verticalShows a hand vertically above ground/earth . It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.
head, leaderPicture of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
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 Vocabulary

 颈项  jǐng xiàng  neck
 黑颈鹤  hēi jǐng hè  black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis); Tibetan crane
 颈链  jǐng liàn  neck chain.
 脖颈儿  bó gěngr  back of the neck; nape
 脖颈儿  bó gěngr  


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