xiàng

neck

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
工 sound component

  Sound component

gōng

  

work

頁 meaning component

  Meaning component

xié

  

(head), page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

項 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
項 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
項 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiàng

neck, nape of neck; sum; funds; back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc

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Xiàng

surname Xiang

Most common words with 項
Freq.
Word
Meaning

项目

item

item

项链

necklace

事项

matter

专项

special