項
項 — Paragraph
paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiうなじ (unaji)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 項
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 項目 | こうもく koumoku | item; heading; category |
| 条項 | じょうこう joukou | clause; article; stipulations |
| 事項 | じこう jikou | matter; item; facts |
| 要項 | ようこう youkou | important points; main points; gist |
| 禁止事項 | きんしじこう kinshijikou | prohibited item; banned item |
| 前項 | ぜんこう zenkou | preceding clause; previous paragraph; antecedent (of a ratio) |
Study notes
項 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #884 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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