项 - Dong Chinese dictionary

xiàng

neck

Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound. Simplified form of 項.

Components

gōng

work

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

页 Meaning component

yè, xié

page

Depicts a head.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified 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 项