項 - Dong Chinese dictionary

xiàng

neck

Phonosemantic compound. 頁 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

gōng

work

項 and 工 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.項 /*[g]ˤroŋʔ/
工 /*kˤoŋ/, /*kˤoŋ/

頁 Meaning component

yè, xié

(head), page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

项 (項)

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

项 (項)

Xiàng

surname Xiang

Most common words with 項