項

See also: 项, and 頂

項 U+9805, 項 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9805 ← 頄 [U+9804] CJK Unified Ideographs 順 → [U+9806]

㊠ U+32A0, ㊠ CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH ITEM ← ㊟ [U+329F] Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊡ → [U+32A1]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

項 (Kangxi radical 181, 頁+3, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一一月金 (MMBC), four-corner 1118₆, composition ⿰工頁)

Derived characters

• 𬿦, 𠾿, 𡼔, 𢠷, 𢴦, 澒, 𬄝, 𭩆, 䁰, 𨬰, 𦺣, 𰽈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1399, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 43343
• Dae Jaweon: page 1915, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4356, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9805

Chinese

trad.		項
simp.		项

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
缸	*kroːŋ, *ɡroːŋ
篢	*kluːmʔ, *koːŋ
贑	*kluːmʔ
涳	*ŋr'oːŋ, *kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
江	*kroːŋ
肛	*kroːŋ, *qʰroːŋ
扛	*kroːŋ
杠	*kroːŋ
豇	*kroːŋ
茳	*kroːŋ
釭	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ, *kuːŋ
矼	*kroːŋ
玒	*kroːŋ, *koːŋ
虹	*kroːŋs, *koːŋs, *ɡoːŋ
腔	*kʰroːŋ
崆	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
羫	*kʰroːŋ
控	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
椌	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ
悾	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
跫	*kʰroːŋ, *kʰoŋ, *ɡoŋ
啌	*qʰroːŋ
谾	*qʰroːŋ, *qʰoːŋ
舡	*qʰroːŋ
缻	*ɡroːŋ
項	*ɡroːŋʔ
屸	*ɡ·roːŋ
功	*koːŋ
工	*koːŋ
疘	*koːŋ
魟	*koːŋ, *qʰoːŋ, *ɡoːŋ
攻	*koːŋ, *kuːŋ
愩	*koːŋ
碽	*koːŋ
貢	*koːŋs
羾	*koːŋs
空	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋs
箜	*kʰoːŋ
硿	*kʰoːŋ
埪	*kʰoːŋ
鵼	*kʰoːŋ
倥	*kʰoːŋ, *kʰoːŋʔ, *kʰoːŋs
鞚	*kʰoːŋs
叿	*qʰoːŋ
嗊	*qʰoːŋʔ
訌	*ɡoːŋ
紅	*ɡoːŋ
仜	*ɡoːŋ
葒	*ɡoːŋ
渱	*ɡoːŋ
鴻	*ɡoːŋ, *ɡoːŋʔ
汞	*ɡoːŋʔ
澒	*ɡoːŋʔ
鞏	*koŋʔ
巩	*koŋʔ
銎	*kʰoŋ, *qʰoŋ
恐	*kʰoŋʔ, *kʰoŋs
蛩	*ɡoŋ
筇	*ɡoŋ
桏	*ɡoŋ
邛	*ɡoŋ

Characters in the same phonetic series (工) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡroːŋʔ) : phonetic 工 (OC *koːŋ) + semantic 頁 (“head”).

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 項
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕiɑŋ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ɕiaŋ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ɕiɑŋ⁵³/
	Jinan	/ɕiaŋ²¹/
	Qingdao	/ɕiaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕiaŋ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/xaŋ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/xɔ̃²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/xɑŋ¹³/ /ɕiɑŋ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/xɑ̃¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕiɑŋ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/xaŋ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/xaŋ¹³/ /ɕiaŋ¹³/
	Guiyang	/xaŋ²¹³/ 老 /ɕiaŋ²¹³/ 新
	Kunming	/xã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ɕiaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ɕiɑ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ɕiɑŋ³⁵/ /ɕyə³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ɕiɑ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦɑ̃³¹/
	Hangzhou	/ɦɑŋ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦuɔ³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/xa³⁵/
	Tunxi	/xau²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xan⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/xɔn⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɔŋ²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/hoŋ⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɔŋ²²/
	Nanning	/hɔŋ²²/
	Hong Kong	/hɔŋ²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/haŋ²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/hɔuŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xɔŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/haŋ³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/haŋ³³/

Rime
Character	項
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡講切
Baxter	haewngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠʌŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚɔŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɔŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨwŋX/
Li Rong	/ɣɔŋX/
Wang Li	/ɣɔŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣɔŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hong6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	項
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiàng
Middle Chinese	‹ hæwngX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁroŋʔ/
English	neck
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	項
Reading #	1/1
No.	4019
Phonetic component	工
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	項
Old Chinese	/*ɡroːŋʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiàng (xiang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hang⁴ / xiang⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hong⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): hong⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hong

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hong⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): xion³
• Northern Min (KCR): hō̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): hâung
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hang⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hāng / hǎng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hang⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ghaon
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): han⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàng
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴
    • Yale: syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianq
    • Palladius: сян (sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hang⁴ / xiang⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xang / xiang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaŋ²¹³/, /ɕiaŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hong⁶
    • Yale: hohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: hong⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hong
    • Hakka Romanization System: hong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hoŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hɔŋ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xion³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiɒ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hō̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɔŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hâung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɑuŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: hang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāng
    • Tâi-lô: hāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hang
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /haŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /haŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎng
    • Tâi-lô: hǎng
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /haŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /haŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghaon
    • MiniDict: ghaon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɑ̃²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: han⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xan⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: haewngX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤroŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡroːŋʔ/

Definitions

項

1. nape of neck
2. neck

   項鏈／项链  ―  xiàngliàn  ―  necklace

   • 鵝鵝鵝，曲項向天歌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     鹅鹅鹅，曲项向天歌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 7th cenutury, 駱賓王 (Luo Binwang), 詠鵝

     É é é, qǔ xiàng xiàng tiān gē. [Pinyin]

     Goose, goose, goose, it arches its neck and sings to the sky.

3. item

   事項／事项  ―  shìxiàng  ―  matter

4. Classifier for items, tasks, principles, clauses, etc.

   一項任務／一项任务  ―  yī xiàng rènwù  ―  a task

   一項代誌／一项代志 [Hokkien]  ―  chi̍t hāng tāi-chì [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  a matter

   性激素六項／性激素六项  ―  xìngjīsù liù xiàng  ―  six hormones checked in a hormone test

   逐項審議／逐项审议  ―  zhú xiàng shěnyì  ―  to review item by item

5. sum of money
6. (mathematics) term

   多項式／多项式  ―  duōxiàngshì  ―  polynomial

7. (law) count (charge)
8. (Hakka) on; above

   桌項／桌项 [Sixian Hakka]  ―  chok hong [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]  ―  on the desk

9. a surname: Xiang

Synonyms

• (neck):

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		頸, 項, 頸項, 亢, 脰
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頸項, 頸部
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	脖子
	Taiwan	脖子
	Chengde	脖子
	Ulanhot	脖子
	Tongliao	脖子
	Chifeng	脖子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	脖子
	Heihe	脖子
	Qiqihar	脖子
	Harbin	脖子
	Jiamusi	脖子
	Baicheng	脖子
	Changchun	脖子
	Tonghua	脖子
	Shenyang	脖子
	Jinzhou	脖子
	Singapore	頸項, 脖子
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	脖子
	Tangshan	脖子
	Cangzhou	脖子
	Baoding	脖子
	Shijiazhuang	脖子
	Lijin	脖子
	Jinan	脖子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	脖子
	Dandong	脖子
	Yantai	脖子
	Yantai (Muping)	脖子
	Qingdao	脖子, 脖頸子
	Zhucheng	脖子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	脖子
	Lingbao	脖子
	Jining	脖子, 格了脖兒
	Wanrong	脖項, 脖子
	Linfen	脖項, 項脖
	Shangqiu	脖子, 頸
	Yuanyang	脖子, 頸子
	Zhengzhou	脖子
	Xinyang	脖子
	Baihe	脖子, 頸脖
	Xi'an	脖項, 脖子, 項頸兒
	Baoji	脖子, 脖朗骨
	Tianshui	脖子
	Xining	脖子, 脖板, 脖脖, 板頸, 皮板筋
	Xuzhou	脖頸子, 脖了頸子, 脖子, 脖頸兒
	Fuyang	脖子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	脖子
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	脖子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	脖子
	Bayanhot	脖子, 脖頸
	Lanzhou	脖子
	Dunhuang	脖子, 脖頸
	Hami	脖子
	Ürümqi	脖子, 板頸
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	頸項, 脖子, 頸子
	Nanchong	頸子
	Dazhou	頸項
	Hanyuan	頸項
	Xichang	脖子, 頸子
	Zigong	頸子
	Chongqing	頸子, 頸項
	Wuhan	頸子, 頸框
	Yichang	頸子
	Xiangyang	脖子, 頸脖子
	Tianmen	脖子, 頸子, 頸項
	Guiyang	脖頸, 頸根
	Zunyi	頸子
	Bijie	頸子
	Liping	頸
	Zhaotong	脖子
	Dali	脖子
	Kunming	脖子
	Mengzi	脖子
	Guilin	頸子
	Liuzhou	頸脖
	Jishou	頸梗
	Hanzhong	脖子, 頸項
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	頸子, 脖子
	Yangzhou	頸項, 頸亢
	Lianyungang	脖子
	Lianshui	脖子
	Nantong	頸項, 頸亢
	Anqing	頸子
	Wuhu	頸子
	Hefei	腦頸把子, 老頸子
	Hong'an	頸杆子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	頸
	Hong Kong	頸
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	頸
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	頸
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	頸
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	頸
	Macau	頸
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	頸
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	頸
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	頸
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頸
	Foshan	頸
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	頸
	Foshan (Shunde)	頸
	Foshan (Sanshui)	頸
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頸
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	頸
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	頸
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	頸
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頸
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頸
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頸
	Taishan	頸
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頸
	Enping (Niujiang)	頸
	Heshan (Yayao)	頸頭
	Dongguan	頸, 頸臂 of a person
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	頸
	Qingyuan	頸
	Fogang	頸
	Yingde (Hanguang)	頸
	Yangshan	頸
	Lianshan (Butian)	頸
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	頸
	Shaoguan	頸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頸
	Renhua	頸
	Lechang	頸
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	頸
	Sihui	頸
	Guangning	頸
	Deqing	頸
	Huaiji	頸
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	頸
	Yunfu	頸
	Xinxing	頸
	Luoding	頸
	Yunan (Pingtai)	頸
	Yangjiang	頸, 頸柄
	Xinyi	頸
	Lianjiang	頸
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	頸, 頸兒
	Nanning	頸
	Wuzhou	頸
	Yulin	頸
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	頸, 頸筋
	Guiping	頸
	Mengshan (Xihe)	頸
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	頸
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	頸
	Baise	頸
	Bobai	頸
	Lingshan	頸
	Pubei	頸
Qinzhou	頸
Beihai	頸
Ningming	頸
Hengzhou	頸
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	頸
Danzhou	頸
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頸
Singapore (Guangfu)	頸
Gan	Nanchang	頸
	Pengze	頸
	Lichuan	頸
	Pingxiang	頸牯
Hakka	Meixian	頸根, 頸
	Xingning	頸
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	頸
	Huidong (Daling)	頸
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頸
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	頸
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	頸骨
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	頸根
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	頸根
	Wuhua (Changbu)	頸根
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	頸
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	頸
	Wengyuan	頸
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頸
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	頸
	Liannan	頸
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	頸
	Jiexi	頸
	Luhe	頸根
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	頸骨
	Changting	頸
	Wuping	頸根
	Wuping (Yanqian)	頸官
	Wuping (Pingyu)	頸根
	Liancheng	頸骨, 頸
	Ninghua	頸
	Yudu	頸
	Ruijin	頸
	Shicheng	頸
	Shangyou (Shexi)	頸根
	Tonggu (Sandu)	頸
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	頸筋
	Dayu	頸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	頸根
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	頸根
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	頸根
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	頸根
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	頸根
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	頸
	Hong Kong	頸
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	頸
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	頸
	Xinyi (Sihe)	頸
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	頸
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	頸
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	頸骨
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	頸
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	頸
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	頸骨
	Mengshan (Xihe)	頸
	Luchuan	頸
	Sabah (Longchuan)	頸
	Senai (Huiyang)	頸
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	頸
	Singkawang	頸, 頸根
	Singapore (Meixian)	頸根
	Singapore (Dabu)	頸根
Huizhou	Jixi	扣頸, 脰頸
	Shexian	頭頸, 項頸
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	頭頸
Jin	Taiyuan	脖子
	Yangyuan	脖子, 脖頸
	Datong	脖子
	Xinzhou	脖子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	脖子
	Changzhi	脖子
	Taibus (Baochang)	脖子
	Linhe	脖子, 脖頸
	Jining	脖子, 脖頸
	Hohhot	脖子
	Baotou	脖頸
	Dongsheng	脖子
	Haibowan	脖頸
	Erenhot	脖子
	Pingshan	脖子
	Zhangjiakou	脖子
	Handan	脖子
	Linzhou	脖了
	Suide	脖子, 脖項
Northern Min	Jian'ou	脰, 仲仲
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	脰仔
	Songxi	脰骨
	Zhenghe	脰仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	脰管
	Jianyang	脰
	Wuyishan	脰
	Pucheng (Shibei)	脰
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	脰骨
	Fuzhou (Changle)	脰骨
	Fuqing	脰脖筋, 脰脖株
	Yongtai	脰骨
	Gutian	脰穩
	Fu'an	脰穩
	Ningde	脰穩
	Shouning	脰領
	Zhouning	脰引
	Fuding	脰穩
	Matsu	脰脖
Southern Min	Xiamen	頷頸, 脰項
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	頷頸
	Quanzhou	頷胿, 下頷
	Jinjiang	頷胿
	Hui'an	頷胿
	Anxi	脰項
	Yongchun	脰穩
	Dehua	脰穩
	Zhangzhou	頷頸, 頷管, 頷仔, 頷捘
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	頷仔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	頷仔頸
	Pinghe	頸骨
	Zhangpu	頷仔
	Yunxiao	頷骨仔
	Zhao'an	頷仔, 頷骨
	Dongshan	頷
	Taipei	頷頸仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	頷頸
	Kaohsiung	頷頸
	Yilan	頷頸, 頷頸仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	頷頸
	Taichung	頷仔頸
	Taichung (Wuqi)	頷頸
	Tainan	頷胿, 頷頸仔, 頷仔頸
	Taitung	頷頸仔
	Hsinchu	頷頸
	Kinmen	頷頸
	Penghu (Magong)	頷頸
	Penang (Hokkien)	頷仔頸, 頷頸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	頷頸
	Manila (Hokkien)	頷胿
	Longyan	頭顱頸仔
	Zhangping	頷仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	領頸
	Datian	脰嚨
	Chaozhou	頷
	Shantou	頷
	Shantou (Chenghai)	頷
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	頷
	Jieyang	頷
	Lufeng	頷筒仔
	Haifeng	頷, 頷仔, 頷筒仔, 頷脰
	Bangkok (Teochew)	頷
	Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)	頷
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	頷
	Singapore (Teochew)	頷
	Leizhou	脰
	Wenchang	脰, 脰蒂根
	Haikou	脰蒂, 脰
	Qionghai	脰蒂
	Singapore (Hainanese)	脰蒂
Puxian Min	Putian	脰顱
	Xianyou	脰顱
Central Min	Yong'an	頭頸
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	脰頸
	Sanming (Shaxian)	脰總
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頸骨, 頸
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	腚頸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	頸, 頸子
Shehua	Fu'an	頸棟
	Fuding	頸棟
	Sanming	頸龍
	Shunchang	頸棟
	Hua'an	頸骨
Wu	Shanghai	頭頸, 頭頸骨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	頸骨
	Suzhou	頭頸
	Danyang	頸梗
	Hangzhou	脰頸, 脖子
	Ningbo	頭頸骨, 頭頸
	Wenzhou	頭頸
	Jinhua	項頸
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	頭頸
Xiang	Changsha	頸根, 頸箍
	Xiangtan	頸筋
	Loudi	頸殼, 頸筋
	Shuangfeng	頸殼
	Hengyang	頸筋

Dialectal synonyms of 脖子 (“neck”) [map]

• (count): 罪項／罪项 (zuìxiàng)

Compounds

• 七項運動／七项运动
• 事項／事项 (shìxiàng)
• 二項定理／二项定理
• 二項式／二项式 (èrxiàngshì)
• 代為說項／代为说项
• 党項 (Dǎngxiàng)
• 冷項／冷项
• 出項／出项
• 前項／前项
• 十項全能／十项全能 (shíxiàng quánnéng)
• 十項運動／十项运动
• 吃大項／吃大项
• 各項／各项 (gèxiàng)
• 名項／名项
• 單項／单项 (dānxiàng)
• 單項式／单项式 (dānxiàngshì)
• 外項／外项
• 大頭項／大头项
• 套項／套项
• 帑項／帑项
• 弱項／弱项 (ruòxiàng)
• 強項／强项 (qiángxiàng)
• 後項／后项
• 扭項／扭项
• 扭頭瞥項／扭头瞥项
• 抱頭縮項／抱头缩项
• 望其肩項／望其肩项
• 望其項背／望其项背 (wàngqíxiàngbèi)
• 末項／末项 (mòxiàng)
• 槁項黃馘／槁项黄馘
• 款項／款项 (kuǎnxiàng)
• 正項／正项
• 用項／用项
• 移項／移项 (yíxiàng)
• 緊用項／紧用项
• 缺項／缺项
• 義項／义项 (yìxiàng)
• 脖項／脖项 (bóxiàng)
• 花項／花项
• 虎項金鈴／虎项金铃
• 要項／要项
• 說項／说项 (shuōxiàng)
• 逢人說項／逢人说项
• 進項／进项 (jìnxiàng)
• 選項／选项 (xuǎnxiàng)
• 邏輯常項／逻辑常项
• 鐵人三項／铁人三项 (tiěrén sān xiàng)
• 長項／长项 (chángxiàng)
• 雞項／鸡项
• 雜項／杂项 (záxiàng)
• 難望項背／难望项背
• 項別騅／项别骓
• 項圈／项圈 (xiàngquān)
• 項攏／项拢 (hāng-láng)
• 項牌／项牌
• 項目／项目 (xiàngmù)
• 項背相望／项背相望
• 項莊舞劍／项庄舞剑
• 項鋪／项铺 (Xiàngpù)
• 項鏈／项链 (xiàngliàn)
• 項領／项领
• 頭項／头项
• 頸項／颈项 (jǐngxiàng)
• 鵝項椅／鹅项椅

 

Further reading

• “Entry #9246”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “项”, in 莆仙方言大词典 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 258.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 項

項

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kun: うなじ (unaji, 項)

Compounds

• 項目(こうもく) (kōmoku, “article”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
項
うなじ Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 項 – see the following entry.

【うなじ】 [noun] nape (back of the neck)

(This term, 項, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
項
うな Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 項 – see the following entry.

【うな】 [prefix] of the neck or nape [pronoun] (dialect) a second person pronoun: [pronoun] (Tōhoku, Tochigi, Niigata, Nagano, Mie, Kyūshū) you (only used to subordinates or being rude) [pronoun] (Kōzushima) you (formal)

(This term, 項, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

項

Wikipedia ^ja

Kanji in this term
項
こう Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 項 (MC haewngX).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こー [kóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ː]

Noun

項(こう) • (kō) ^{←かう (kau)?}

1. section
2. (mathematics) term
3. (linguistics) argument

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 項 (MC haewngX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅘᅡᇰ〯 (Yale: hhǎng)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527	목 (Yale: mwòk)	하ᇰ〯 (Yale: hǎng)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ha̠(ː)ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [항(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

項

Wikisource 項 (eumhun 항목(項目) 항 (hangmok hang))

1. hanja form^? of 항 (“clause, section; item (in a list)”) [noun]
2. hanja form^? of 항 (“(mathematics) term”) [noun]

Compounds

Compounds

• 조항 (條項, johang)
• 사항 (事項, sahang)
• 항목 (項目, hangmok)
• 문항 (問項, munhang)
• 포항 (浦項, Pohang)
• 각항 (各項, gakhang)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

項: Hán Nôm readings: hạng, háng, hảng

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