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Kanji Detail for 條 - "article"

條

  • Meaning

    條 means "article." Also associated with stripe, branch.

    1. Branch - A twig; a limb.

    2. Article - A clause; a provision.

    3. Stripe - A long narrow band.

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    • Verified meaning: article
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read じょう, じょうじ)
    • Also carries these associations: stripe, branch

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 條

    Surnames 條(じょう)Listen 條(じょうじ)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    deki(デキ) デキ

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    eda(えだ) えだ

    suji(すじ) すじ

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    木 (ki・kihen)

  • Related Keywords

    branch article stripe line path series long thin clause item band condition narrow offshoot paragraph provision regulation rule section stipulation strip

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