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條

tiáo

long strip

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components
攸 sound component

攸  Sound component

yōu

  

distant

木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

Evolution

條 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
條 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
條 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

条 (條) 

tiáo

clause, condition; string, stripe; strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

Most common words with 條
Freq.
Word
Meaning

条

strip

条件

condition

条例

rules

条款

clause (of contract or law)

纸条

slip of paper

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

滌 縧

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l]ˤiw

dew

tiáo

arrange

*lˤiw

dew

tiáo

branch (n.), shoot (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 80.9387% of movies

386th most common character in movies

214th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

条

Unicode

U+689D

Shuowen

“條，小枝也。从木，攸聲。”


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