頸筋

Chinese

neck muscle
trad. (頸筋)
simp. (颈筋)

Pronunciation


Noun

頸筋

  1. (dialectal Xiang) neck
  2. (Southern Pinghua) visible veins on one's neck

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
けい
Hyōgai
きん
Grade: 6
kan'on

(neck) +‎ (muscle)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーきん [kèékíń] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ーきん [kéꜜèkìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

(けい)(きん) • (keikin

  1. (anatomy) a cervical muscle
    Hyponym: 広頸筋 (kōkeikin)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
くび
Hyōgai
すじ
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 頸筋 – see the following entry.
首筋くびすじ
[noun] nape or scruff of the neck
Alternative spelling
頚筋
(This term, 頸筋, is the kyūjitai of an alternative spelling (頚筋) of the above term.)