entries → 脖
TSUMUGU · A2 (est.) · 字
character · A2 (est.)
脖 =
ㄅㄛˊ · bó
noun — neck

字源 FORM — what the parts do

flesh — the body part
bó — gives the sounda plant pushing up hard, a burst of growth
Flesh (月) for the body part; 孛 bó — a sudden upward burst — gives the sound clean. Together: the neck, 脖子. The same 孛 builds 勃.
意 · Meanings
(本義)脖子— neck常用
脖頸— the nape, the neck
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension