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款项 (kuǎn xiàng) — funds, a sum of money

Definition

款项 refers to a specific sum of money allocated for a purpose (e.g., a budget item, a disbursement). Use 金额 for the numeric amount, 资金 for capital/funding as a whole.

noun
fundsa sum of money
Measure word · 宗

Examples

  • 款项。
    Zhè bǐ kuǎn xiàng yòng yú xiū jiàn xué xiào.
    This sum of money is used to build schools.
  • 款项。
    Zhèng fǔ bō le yì zōng kuǎn xiàng zhī chí zāi qū chóng jiàn.
    The government allocated a sum of money to support disaster area reconstruction.
  • 款项。
    Gōng sī zhèng zài chóu jí yì bǐ kuǎn xiàng lái kuò dà yè wù.
    The company is raising a sum of money to expand its business.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
欠欠qiànlacking, desire
Sound part声符shēngfú
柰
柰nài款kuǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

款 pairs 柰, a sound hint, with 欠, a part about lacking or desire.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 項; 项 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yèhead
Sound part声符shēngfú
工
工gōng項xiàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 項 combines 工 as a sound part with 頁, meaning head; the simplified 项 is a later shorthand.

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