条
Mnemonic
A ninja draws his blade and carves an ancient tree into long, thin strips — each strip bearing one article of a sacred legal code. Branch by branch, the ninja peels away every article with surgical precision, until the tree is nothing but an orderly stack of slender provisions.
Additional thoughts
Picture the tree being sliced into neat parallel strips like pages of law. Each thin branch = one article. The ninja's precision mirrors the orderly, divided nature of articles in a legal document.Quick recall
A ninja carves a tree into thin strips, each one a separate article of law.Details
The keyword for 条 is article. This kanji refers to a distinct section or clause within a document, law, or treaty, such as an individual provision in a legal code. It also carries the broader meaning of a long, slender strip or branch, evoking the image of something orderly and divided into separate parts. By extension, it is used as a counter for long, thin items as well as for items in a list or set of rules.
- On'yomi
- じょう、ちょう、でき
- Kun'yomi
- えだ、すじ