King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “factor”

条件
tiáo jiàn
Traditional: 條件
condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for factor is 条件 (tiáo jiàn), defined as: condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition; 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

条 tiáo
clause, condition; string, stripe
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “factor”

WordPinyinMeaning
因子yīn zǐfactor; (genetic) trait
因数 (因數)yīn shùfactor (of an integer); divisor
因素yīn sùelement; factor
系数 (係數)xì shùcoefficient; factor
成因chéng yīncause; factor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 条件.

WordPinyinMeaning
条例 (條例)tiáo lìregulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
条约 (條約)tiáo yuētreaty; pact
条款 (條款)tiáo kuǎnclause (of contract or law); 项 (xiàng)
条文 (條文)tiáo wénclause; explanatory section in a document
无条件 (無條件)wú tiáo jiànunconditional
事件shì jiànincident; event
文件wén jiàndocument; file
软件 (軟件)ruǎn jiànsoftware

See also: Japanese symbol for “factor”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.