脖
neck
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,380 U+8116
How 脖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 孛 (phonetic, bèi)
components: ⺼ 孛
How to remember it
head-hinge · Heisig RSH #2424
flesh + Sunday school
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 孛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 孛 (bèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孛 sound component | bèi | comet |
| 勃 | bó | thriving, prosperous; sudden, quick |
| 悖 | bèi | contradictory; counter to |
| 鹁 | bó | a species of pigeon |
| 桲 | bó | quince |
| 饽 | bō | cake, biscuit |
| 哱 | bō | onomatopoeic |
| 荸 | bí | water chestnut |
Words containing 脖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手脖子 | shǒu bó zi | wrist (dialect) |
| 红脖子 | hóng bó zi | redneck |
| 脸红脖子粗 | liǎn hóng bó zi cū | red in the face; extremely angry |
| 卡脖子 | qiǎ bó zi | to squeeze the throat; (fig.) to have in a stranglehold; critical |
| 脚脖子 | jiǎo bó zi | (coll.) ankle |
| 牛脖子 | niú bó zi | (coll.) bullheaded; obstinate |
| 勒脖子 | lēi bó zi | to throttle; to strangle |
| 窝脖儿 | wō bó r | to suffer a snub; to meet with a rebuff |
| 脖颈子 | bó gěng zi | see 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3] |
| 脖颈儿 | bó gěng r | erhua form of 脖頸|脖颈[bo2 geng3] |
| 脖子 | bó zi | neck; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 骑脖子拉屎 | qí bó zi lā shǐ | (lit.) to take a dump while riding on sb's shoulders (saying); (fig.) to treat sb like gar… |
| 绕脖子 | rào bó zi | tricky; involved; to beat about the bush |
| 抹脖子 | mǒ bó zi | to slit one's own throat; to commit suicide |
| 脖梗子 | bó gěng zi | variant of 脖頸子|脖颈子[bo2 geng3 zi5] |
| 脖梗儿 | bó gěng r | erhua form of 脖梗[bo2 geng3] |
| 脖领 | bó lǐng | shirt collar |
| 围脖 | wéi bó | muffler; scarf |
| 脖颈 | bó gěng | back of the neck; nape |
| 掐脖子 | qiā bó zi | to seize by the throat |