項 – paragraph, nape of neck, clause

12 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#884 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 項 means paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ (kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うなじ (unaji). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 頁 (no. 181).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	うなじ	unaji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 頁 (Kangxi radical 181). Components: 貝・目・ハ・工・頁.

Words using 項

項目こうもくitem事項じこうmatter

Example sentences

これは何の項目に入るか。

What heading does this come under?

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ジェーンは申込書に必要事項を書き入れた。

Jane filled out an application.

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Kanji with the same radical

題領額頭顔類頼順願預顧頑頂顕頻頃

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.