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Kanji Detail for 條 - "branch, article, stripe"
條
- Meaning
條 means "branch, article, stripe."
Branch - A twig; a limb.
Article - A clause; a provision.
Stripe - A long narrow band.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
article; counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.; twig; ray of light
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
clause, condition; string, stripe
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
clause, condition; string, stripe
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Small branches. Sprouting branches is called 抽條. In peaceful times, the wind does not whistle through branches, and rain does not break up clods. From "Book of Han." 條 refers to newly sprouted straight branches. Now patterns like straight lines are called 柳條 (willow strip). A tall slender figure is called 苗條. All this meaning. | Order, logic. Meaning like branches that are long, straight, and distinct. Such as 有條不紊 (orderly without confusion). From "Book of Odes." Writing and speech that are 條達 or 條暢 mean vigorous and logical. | Long, narrow objects are counted as 條. Such as one fish is colloquially called 一條. Also one item of business is called 一條. Hence listing one by one is called 條奏 (itemized memorial), 條陳 (itemized report), 條約 (treaty), 條例 (regulations). | 蕭條: Meaning bleak and desolate, like when tree leaves have fallen and branches are bare.
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