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Chinese symbol for “strip”

条
tiáo
Traditional: 條
strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strip is 条 (tiáo), defined as: strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc).

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

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “strip”

WordPinyinMeaning
长条 (長條)cháng tiáostrip
褫chǐto strip; to deprive of
剥夺 (剝奪)bō duóto deprive; to expropriate
剥离 (剝離)bō líto peel; to strip
条形 (條形)tiáo xínga bar; a strip

Related words

Other words that share a character with 条.

WordPinyinMeaning
条件 (條件)tiáo jiàncondition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “strip”.

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.

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