TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
項
ㄒㄧㄤˋ · xiàng
noun — the nape of the neck; an item, a category
字源 FORM — what the parts do
ITgōng → xiàng — initial and tone shift
頁 is a head on its body; the part it points to here is 頭後也 — the nape, the back of the neck. 工 gōng carries the sound, shifted to xiàng. From the single thing on the neck, counting things one by one: 項目, 一項.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一顆頭（頁）轉開，露出後頸——工（工）給它記了聲。
A head (頁) turns away, baring the nape — 工 marking the sound for it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)頸項— the nape, the back of the neck
→項目— an item, a category常用
⇒一項— a measure word — one item
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension