项
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back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,166 U+9879
How 项 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
页 (semantic, “head”) + 工 (phonetic, gōng)
How to remember it
item · Heisig RSH #82
页 page + I-beam
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 工
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 工 (gōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工 sound component | gōng | labor, work; laborer, worker |
| 红 | hóng | red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular |
| 空 | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 江 | jiāng | large river; the Yangtze; surname |
| 经 | jīng | the classics; to experience, to undergo |
| 轻 | qīng | light, gentle; simple, easy |
| 径 | jìng | path, diameter; straight, direct |
| 攻 | gōng | to accuse; to assault; to criticize |
| 氢 | qīng | ammonia |
| 贡 | gòng | to offer, to contribute; tribute, gifts |
| 虹 | hóng | rainbow |
| 缸 | gāng | earthen jug, crock, cistern |
| 肛 | gāng | anus |
| 巩 | gǒng | to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
| 汞 | gǒng | mercury (element) |
| 邛 | qióng | mound; in distress |
| 豇 | jiāng | kidney bean; black-eyed pea |
| 仝 | tóng | together, same; surname |
| 巠 | jīng | underground river; flowing water |
Words containing 项
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 项上人头 | xiàng shàng rén tóu | head; neck (as in "to save one's neck", i.e. one's life) |
| 二项式定理 | èr xiàng shì dìng lǐ | the binomial theorem (math.) |
| 二项式系数 | èr xiàng shì xì shù | (math.) binomial coefficient |
| 铁人三项 | tiě rén sān xiàng | triathlon |
| 多项式方程 | duō xiàng shì fāng chéng | (math.) polynomial equation |
| 多项式方程组 | duō xiàng shì fāng chéng zǔ | (math.) system of polynomial equations |
| 项目管理 | xiàng mù guǎn lǐ | project management |
| 二次多项式 | èr cì duō xiàng shì | (math.) quadratic polynomial |
| 三项全能 | sān xiàng quán néng | triathlon |
| 项城市 | Xiàng chéng Shì | Xiangcheng, a county-level city in Zhoukou City 周口市[Zhou1 kou3 Shi4], Henan |
| 和平共处五项原则 | hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé | Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements… |
| 三项式 | sān xiàng shì | trinomial (math.) |
| 五项全能 | wǔ xiàng quán néng | pentathlon |
| 多项式 | duō xiàng shì | (math.) polynomial; multinomial |
| 四项基本原则 | Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zé | the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 197… |
| 十项全能 | shí xiàng quán néng | decathlon |
| 二项式 | èr xiàng shì | two items; binomial (math.) |
| 比赛项目 | bǐ sài xiàng mù | sporting event; item on program of sports competition |
| 单项式 | dān xiàng shì | (math.) monomial |
| 体育项目 | tǐ yù xiàng mù | sporting event |