The word **奖项** (jiǎngxiàng) is formed through the common Chinese morphological process of compounding, where two meaningful characters (morphemes) are combined to create a new, specific term. The first character, **奖** (jiǎng), means "prize" or "award," establishing the core semantic field. The second character, **项** (xiàng), means "item," "category," or "type." When combined, the compound noun **奖项** logically signifies "categories or items of awards," effectively referring to the specific prizes or award titles themselves (e.g., Best Actor, Nobel Prize in Literature). The structure is modifier-modified, where 项 is semantically head, specifying that it is a type of item, and 奖 modifies it to clarify it is an award-related item.