Kanji

2470 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: neck, head

Kunyomi: くび

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: leaf

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ケイコツ neckbones

神経叢 ケイシンケイソウ cervical plexus

子宮頸 シキュウケイ uterine cervix

斜頸 シャケイ torticollis, wryneck, stiff neck

Kunyomi Examples

くび neck, head, dismissal (from a job), firing, sacking

首飾り くびかざり necklace, choker

上頸 あげくび neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)

鶴首 つるくび item with a long slender neck (e.g. vase, bottle), long-necked person