条

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

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Formation & memory

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Components 夂木

strip · Heisig RSH #307

walking legs + pole

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
面条儿	miàn tiáo r	erhua variant of 麵條\|面条[mian4 tiao2]
有条有理	yǒu tiáo yǒu lǐ	(idiom) clear and orderly; neat and tidy
一条心	yī tiáo xīn	to be of one mind; to think or act alike
拉大条	lā dà tiáo	to defecate (slang)
拉白布条	lā bái bù tiáo	to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
上发条	shàng fā tiáo	to wind up (a watch or other clockwork mechanism)
神经大条	shén jīng dà tiáo	thick-skinned; insensitive
条条大路通罗马	tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ	all roads lead to Rome; use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
打白条	dǎ bái tiáo	to write an IOU or promissory note
一条龙	yī tiáo lóng	lit. one dragon; integrated chain; coordinated process
死路一条	sǐ lù yī tiáo	(idiom) dead end; road to ruin
条子	tiáo zi	short note; slip of paper; stripe; (slang) cop; (old) prostitute
教条主义	jiào tiáo zhǔ yì	dogmatism
大条	dà tiáo	(used to modify 事情[shi4 qing5]) serious; grave
头条	Tóu tiáo	Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條\|今日头条[Jin1 ri4 Tou2 tiao2]…
头条	tóu tiáo	lead story (on the news)
天条	tiān tiáo	heavenly decree; divine commandment; (fig.) unbreakable taboo; absolute edict (often humor…
白条	bái tiáo	IOU; informal document acknowledging a debt
拉皮条	lā pí tiáo	to procure; to act as pimp
金条	jīn tiáo	gold bar

These characters use 条 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
条 sound part	tiáo	clause, condition; string, stripe
涤	dí	to wash, to sweep; to purify, to cleanse
绦	tāo	silk cord; sash, ribbon, cord
鲦	tiáo	minnow