條

Translingual

Han character

條 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 人中人木 (OLOD), four-corner 2829₄, composition ⿲亻丨条(GV) or ⿲亻丨⿱攵木(HTJK) or ⿸攸木(HTJK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 529, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14859
• Dae Jaweon: page 917, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 176, character 2
• Unihan data for U+689D

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ɯːw) : phonetic 攸 (OC *lɯw) + semantic 木.

Etymology

Related to 悠 (OC *lɯw, “remote; distant”), 修 (OC *slɯw, “long and thin”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

條

1. strip; slip

   紙條／纸条  ―  zhǐtiáo  ―  slip of paper

2. twig; branch

   柳條／柳条  ―  liǔtiáo  ―  willow branch

3. long and thin objects

   麵條／面条  ―  miàntiáo  ―  noodles

4. (of law or treaty) item; article; section; clause; condition

   條款／条款  ―  tiáokuǎn  ―  term; condition; clause; provision

   • 郵政服務人員犯前條之罪或刑法第二百零二條或第二百零四條關於郵票之罪者，加重其刑至二分之一。 [MSC, trad.]
     邮政服务人员犯前条之罪或刑法第二百零二条或第二百零四条关于邮票之罪者，加重其刑至二分之一。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018 December 5, Republic of China, 郵政法 (Postal Act), article 37

     Yóuzhèng fúwù rényuán fàn qián tiáo zhī zuì huò xíngfǎ dì èrbǎi líng èr tiáo huò dì èrbǎi líng sì tiáo guānyú yóupiào zhī zuì zhě, jiāzhòng qí xíng zhì èr fēn zhī yī.

     When postal employees commit crimes mentioned in the preceding article or Article 202 or Article 204 of the Criminal Code with respect to postage stamps, the prison terms shall be increased by one-half.

5. informal note

   病假條／病假条  ―  bìngjiàtiáo  ―  certificate for sick leave

   廚房裡我發現他留了張條。 [MSC, trad.]
   厨房里我发现他留了张条。 [MSC, simp.]

   Chúfáng lǐ wǒ fāxiàn tā liú le zhāng tiáo.

   I found a note from him in the kitchen.

6. order

   有條不紊／有条不紊  ―  yǒutiáobùwěn  ―  in perfect order; methodically arranged

7. Classifier for long and thin objects or animals.

   一條紅魚／一条红鱼  ―  yī tiáo hóng yú  ―  a red fish

   一條蛇／一条蛇  ―  yī tiáo shé  ―  a snake

   一條路／一条路  ―  yī tiáo lù  ―  a road

   一條河／一条河  ―  yī tiáo hé  ―  a river

   一條褲子／一条裤子  ―  yī tiáo kùzi  ―  a pair of pants

   一條毛／一条毛 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ tiu⁴ mou⁴   ―  a piece of hair

8. Classifier for something that can be listed item by item, such as reasons, (pieces of) news, messages, advices, etc.

   一條數學題／一条数学题 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ tiu⁴ sou³ hok⁶ tai⁴   ―  a math problem

9. Classifier for lives or minds.

   聽講貓有九條命。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   听讲猫有九条命。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   teng¹ gong² maau¹ jau⁵ gau² tiu⁴ meng⁶.

   I've heard it said that cats have nine lives.

10. (dialectal Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) Classifier for songs.
11. (Cantonese) Classifier for villages.
12. (Cantonese, often derogatory) Classifier for people.

    嗰條女／嗰条女 [Cantonese]  ―  go² tiu⁴ neoi^5-2   ―  that girl

13. (Cantonese) Classifier for consecutive digits.

    三條九／三条九 [Cantonese]  ―  saam¹ tiu⁴ gau²   ―  999

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