strip

HSK 10

tiáo

ジョウ、チョウ、デキ

えだ、すじ

조

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

Components

Traditional (條)

條 strip

攸 Phonetic component

yōu adverbial

distant, far

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Simplified (条)

条 clause

夂 Simplified component

zhǐ go (slowly)

Shorthand for the 攸 component in the traditional character 條.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

條

Regular

Modern

Chinese

条 / 條 [tiáo]

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

Japanese

条じょう同音

nouncounter article (in a document); clause; section; provision
counter counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.
conj. although; though (as とは言い条)
conj. since; as; because; inasmuch as (used in letters)
noun historical jō; (explanation) north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system)