Used in legal documents, contracts, and structured texts to refer to a specific clause, paragraph, or enumerated item.
Linguistics term for a noun phrase that is required by a predicate, such as a subject or object.
Mathematics term for each element in a sum, sequence, or polynomial.
Archaic reading うなじ; in modern Japanese, 項 is not used for this meaning, and うなじ is usually written in kana or with the kanji 項 only in historical contexts.
See also: うなじ
Please check paragraph 3 of this regulation.
Please check clause 3 of the contract.
In this paragraph, we will organize the issues.
The verb 'eat' takes two arguments: an agent and a theme.
Please simplify each term of this expression.
In classical Japanese, 項 was read as うなじ and referred to the nape of the neck.
We added a new clause to the contract.
We set up a new clause for the new regulation.
This polynomial consists of three terms.
項 is a shorter, more formal term often used in legal or academic contexts for a clause or section, while 項目 is the everyday word for a list item or heading.
項 (clause, item) and 頂 (summit, top) look very similar in kanji form but have completely unrelated meanings.
item; heading; category; clause · headword; entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
matter; item; fact
clause; article; stipulation
important points; gist; list of requirements
preceding clause; previous paragraph · antecedent (of a ratio)
next clause; following paragraph; next item
polynomial
each item; each clause; each article
one item; one clause; one paragraph
The kanji 項 originally meant 'back of the neck' and later extended to 'item' or 'clause' through the idea of a distinct part. The reading こう is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.
mean; middle term
binomial; binary; dyadic
internal terms
first term; initial term
separate section; special heading; another paragraph
monadic; simplex; unary
variable
outer term
constant; constant term