事項
じこう · jikou · JLPT N1 · noun
matter
📋 事項 = 事 (matter, thing) + 項 (item, clause); a list of matters or items
事 means affair or matter, and 項 means item or clause, so 事項 names the individual points or facts you list. Sounds like 'ji-kou', like 'gee-cow' with a short ending.
事 — hand 又 holding a banner/tablet on a pole
Originally a pictograph of a hand (又) grasping a pole or ceremonial banner used by an official, depicting the act of conducting court business. From this it came to mean 'affair, matter, business, service.' It shares an ancient origin with 史 (scribe) and 吏 (official).