条
tiáo
strip
item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
trailing stroke (夂) + tree (木) = a stripped branch; counter for long thin things
A branch stripped from a tree (木) becomes a long, thin piece — the image behind counting roads, rivers, and ribbons by the same measure. 夂 here is largely structural rather than strongly semantic, but the wood component anchors the idea of something slender and cut.
Words with 条
进度条
jìn dù tiáo
(computing) progress bar
递条子
dì tiáo zi
to pass a message
里瓦几亚条约
lǐ wǎ jī yà tiáo yuē
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
金条
jīn tiáo
gold bar
铅条
qiān tiáo
strip of lead
银条
yín tiáo
silver bar
锯条
jù tiáo
a sawblade
钢条
gāng tiáo
steel bar
链条
liàn tiáo
chain
长条
cháng tiáo
strip
集体安全条约组织
jí tǐ ān quán tiáo yuē zǔ zhī
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
鸡柳条
jī liǔ tiáo
(Tw) chicken strips