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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc., twig, item, stripe, streak

Kunyomi: えだ, すじ

Onyomi: ジョウ, チョウ, デキ

Composition: 夂 木

条

Radical

Radical: 木

Reading: き

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

⽊

Examples

Examples with audio

条件(じょうけん)   conditions, terms

条約(じょうやく)   treaty, pact

条項(じょうこう)   article, stipulations

第九条(だいきゅうじょう)   article number nine

信条(しんじょう)   creed

星条旗(せいじょうき)   Stars and Stripes

Onyomi Examples

条 (ジョウ) article (in a document), clause, section, provision, counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc., although, though, since, as, because, inasmuch as, jō, north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system)

条件 (ジョウケン) condition, term, requirement, qualification, prerequisite

別状 (ベツジョウ) something unusual, something wrong, mishap, accident, serious condition (e.g. after an injury), different situation

言い条 (イイジョウ) one's say, one's point, although, though

Kunyomi Examples

筋 (すじ) muscle, tendon, sinew, vein, artery, fiber, fibre, string, line, stripe, streak, reason, logic, plot, storyline, lineage, descent, school (e.g. of scholarship or arts), aptitude, talent, source (of information, etc.), circle, channel, well-informed person (in a transaction), logical move (in go, shogi, etc.), ninth vertical line, seam on a helmet, gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.), social position, status, on (a river, road, etc.), along, counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions, street (in Osaka), (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)

条海豚 (すじいるか) striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

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