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項 — Paragraph

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school#884 most used
paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiうなじ (unaji)

Stroke order (12 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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

WordReadingMeaning
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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