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

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

页 meaning “head” + 工 sound ( gōng )

Components 工页

item · Heisig RSH #82

页 page + I-beam

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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

Characters sharing the sound component 工 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
工 sound part	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