# 条 clause

(eachbottom) + 木 (tree)
★★☆☆☆
7 strokes
BETA COUNTER
条 is a counter for laws or paragraphs.

## Onyomi

JOU |

## Mnemonic

| JOE Stalin nicely included a clause in the Soviet constitution where each comrade got a tree shoved up their butt

## Jukugo

条件(じょうけん) | condition ★★★★☆ 条 (clause) + 件 (incident) = 条件 (condition) condition, as in, "You gotta be Japanese to come in this club? Are you jokin'??""
９条(きゅうじょう) | article 9 ★☆☆☆☆ article 9 of the constitution, which states that Japan can't have an army. Right? WRONG. Japan CAN have an army - they just aren't allowed to invade, an inconvinient fact that both pacifists AND right-wingers seem to forget.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
季 | season | CHILD | 子
委 | member | WOMAN | 女
条 | clause | EACH | 各
柔 | flexible | HALBERDS | 矛

A CHILD grows every season,

but a WOMAN is a member of the MILF club.

EACH clause in the contract forbids flexible HALBERDS.