Kanji N1

条: article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.

条 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc., written with 7 strokes. It is read ジョウ, チョウ, デキ (on) and えだ, すじ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 条件 (じょうけん, condition) and 条約 (じょうやく, treaty).

条

Meanings

  • article
  • clause
  • counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc.
  • twig
  • item
  • stripe
  • streak
Strokes7
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#363 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジョウ
  • チョウ
  • デキ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • えだ
  • すじ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 7. Start at the dot.

Common words with 条

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 条件じょうけん

    condition; term; requirement; qualification

    JLPT N3
  • 条約じょうやく

    treaty; pact; convention; agreement

    JLPT N1
  • 発条ばね

    spring (device)

    JLPT N2
  • 箇条書きかじょうがき

    itemized form; itemised form; itemization

    JLPT N1
  • 条項じょうこう

    clause; article; stipulations

  • 条例じょうれい

    regulations; rules

  • 条文じょうぶん

    text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.)

  • 信条しんじょう

    creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.