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頸 kanji
neck, head
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ケイ
Kun readings
くび
Variant forms
頚Words with 頸
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —頸肉neck flesh
- —頸部neck
- —斜頸torticollis; wryneck; stiff neck
- —頸袋dewlap
- —頸管cervical canal
- —頸飾necklace
- —頸動脈carotid artery
- —子宮頸(uterine) cervix
- —頸椎症cervical spondylosis
- —後頸部nape; back of the neck
- —鳥頸類ornithodira (ancestor of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, etc.)
- —内頸動脈internal carotid artery
- —外頸動脈external carotid artery
- —頸椎脱臼cervical dislocation
- —子宮頸管cervical canal
- —子宮頸部cervix; uterine cervix; cervix uteri
- —頭頸部癌head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck
- —総頸動脈common carotid artery
- —延頸挙踵longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes
- —痙性斜頸cervical dystonia; spasmodic torticollis