TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
條
條 ＝ 攸 ＋ 木
ㄊㄧㄠˊ · tiáo
noun/measure — a strip, twig; measure word for long things; a clause
字源 FORM — what the parts do
攸聲yōu — gives the sound
IFT≠yōu → tiáo — the 攸 series splintered: 悠 yōu、修 xiū、條 tiáo
A tree (木) for the wood — the original sense is a slender twig. 攸 carries a sound that split three ways down the centuries: 悠 yōu, 修 xiū, 條 tiáo. From the twig, everything long and thin — 線條, 麵條 — and the clause counted line by line, the 條 of 條件.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
風一過，柳樹（木）垂下的細枝一條一條地擺。
Wind through the willow (木) — its thin branches swing, strand by strand.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)小樹枝— a twig
→細長的東西；量詞— a strip; measure word for long things — 一條河、一條魚常用
⇒條文、條件— a clause, an item — lines listed one by one
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension