Japanese symbol for “itemized”

項目別

こうもくべつ

Romaji: koumokubetsu

itemized

In Japanese, itemized is 項目別, read こうもくべつ (koumokubetsu).

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Meanings

adj-no itemized

Kanji and stroke order

項

paragraph, nape of neck, clause

on: コウ
kun: うなじ

12 strokes · JLPT 1

目

eye, class, look

on: モク、ボク
kun: め、-め、ま-

5 strokes · JLPT 4

別

separate, branch off, diverge

on: ベツ
kun: わか.れる、わ.ける

7 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
項目	こうもく koumoku	item; heading; category
事項	じこう jikou	matter; item; facts
条項	じょうこう joukou	clause; article; stipulations
要項	ようこう youkou	important points; main points; gist
前項	ぜんこう zenkou	preceding clause; previous paragraph
別項	べっこう bekkou	special heading; separate paragraph
目的	もくてき mokuteki	purpose; goal; aim
目標	もくひょう mokuhyou	goal; target; aim
特別	とくべつ tokubetsu	special; particular; extraordinary

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.