A kanji
調
tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
- 15 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 87 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
チョウ
Kun'yomi
しら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.える
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 調 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 調 21 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 1 word
JLPT N3 · 5 words
JLPT N2 · 3 words
JLPT N1 · 12 words
- 下調べしたしらべpreliminary investigation
- 好調こうちょうsatisfactory, in good shape
- 同調どうちょうsympathy, agree with, alignment
- 取り調べるとりしらべるto investigate, to examine
- 調べしらべinvestigation, inspection
- 単調たんちょうmonotony, monotone, dullness
- 調印ちょういんsignature, sign, sealing
- 調停ちょうていarbitration, conciliation, mediation
- 調理ちょうりcooking
- 調和ちょうわharmony
- 失調しっちょうlack of harmony, imbalance
- 不調ふちょうbad condition, disorder, slump
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 調.
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