clause

(eachbottom) + (tree)
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7 strokes
BETACOUNTER
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 ★★★★☆
(clause) + (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
season CHILD
member WOMAN
clause EACH
flexible HALBERDS

A CHILD grows every season,

but a WOMAN is a member of the MILF club.

EACH clause in the contract forbids flexible HALBERDS.