颈

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neck

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

head

Components 页 ? unknown part

neck · Heisig RSH #2404

spool + head

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
长颈龙	cháng jǐng lóng	tanystropheus, long-necked reptile from Triassic
子宫颈管	zǐ gōng jǐng guǎn	(anatomy) cervical canal
颈子	jǐng zi	neck
头颈	tóu jǐng	(dialect) neck
红颈绿啄木鸟	hóng jǐng lǜ zhuó mù niǎo	(bird species of China) red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri)
手颈	shǒu jǐng	(dialect) wrist
黄颈啄木鸟	huáng jǐng zhuó mù niǎo	(bird species of China) Darjeeling woodpecker (Dendrocopos darjellensis)
后颈	hòu jǐng	nape
颈动脉	jǐng dòng mài	carotid artery (medicine)
黄颈凤鹛	huáng jǐng fèng méi	(bird species of China) whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis)
子宫颈	zǐ gōng jǐng	cervix; the neck of the uterus
宫颈管	gōng jǐng guǎn	(anatomy) cervical canal
棕颈雪雀	zōng jǐng xuě què	(bird species of China) rufous-necked snowfinch (Pyrgilauda ruficollis)
白颈噪鹛	bái jǐng zào méi	(bird species of China) white-necked laughingthrush (Garrulax strepitans)
颈部	jǐng bù	neck
台湾棕颈钩嘴鹛	Tái wān zōng jǐng gōu zuǐ méi	(bird species of China) Taiwan scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
颈背	jǐng bèi	nape
护颈套	hù jǐng tào	cervical collar
白颈长尾雉	bái jǐng cháng wěi zhì	(bird species of China) Elliot's pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti)
黄颈拟蜡嘴雀	huáng jǐng nǐ là zuǐ què	(bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)