調 — tone, tune, meter

ちょう調 tone

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+8ABF Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #87 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #373 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

tone
tune
meter
key
writing style
prepare
exorcise
investigate
harmonize
mediate

word

ちょう chou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

調(ちょう) chou tone 調(ちょう) 整(せい) chousei adjustment 調(ちょう) 子(し) choushi condition 強(きょう) 調(ちょう) kyouchou emphasis 体(たい) 調(ちょう) taichou physical condition 調(ちょう) 和(わ) chouwa harmony 調(ちょう) 理(り) chouri cooking 口(く) 調(ちょう) kuchou tone of voice

しら shira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

調(しら) べる shiraberu to investigate 調(しら) べ shirabe investigation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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しゅう周 circumference

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#149 言 speech