漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
調: tune, tone
Also: meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
JLPT N315 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 周 gives the sound
15 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 調子ちょうしtone, mood, condition
- 体調たいちょうphysical condition
- 好調なこうちょうなfavorable
- 順調なじゅんちょうなdoing well
- 調査するちょうさするinvestigate
- 調節するちょうせつするadjust
- 強調するきょうちょうするemphasize
- 協調するきょうちょうするco-operate
しらべるshiraberu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 調べるしらべるcheck [v.t.]
ととのうtotonou · kun'yomi
- 調うととのうbe prepared [v.i.]
ととのえるtotonoeru · kun'yomi
- 調えるととのえるput in order [v.t.]
Also read しらべ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)言 (meaning) + 周 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 調 (rev. 93450690), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
周
Also built on circumference (周)
The 周 family reads シュウ (shuu); 調 is read チョウ.
In ChineseSimplified 调 · traditional, as in Japanese · diào
Japan keeps the traditional form 調; mainland China simplifies it to 调.
- Simplified
- 调 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 調 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin diào most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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