調

See also 调

Translingual

Stroke order

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Han character

調 (radical 149 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月土口 (YRBGR), four-corner 0762₀, composition ⿰言周)

1. transfer, move, change
2. tune, melody

References

• KangXi: page 1166, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35609
• Dae Jaweon: page 1631, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3989, character 6
• Unihan data for U+8ABF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

調 (simplified 调, Yale diu6, tiu4)

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Japanese

Kanji

調 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: ととのう (totonou), しらべる (shiraberu), やわらぐ (yawaragu)

Compounds

調印 (ちょういん, chōin) 調査 (ちょうさ, chōsa) 調子 (ちょうし, chōshi) 調整 (ちょうせい, chōsei) 税調 (ぜいちょう, zeichō) 長調 (ちょうちょう, chōchō) 調和 (ちょうわ, chōwa) 口調 (くちょう, kuchō) 調剤 (ちょうざい, chōzai)

調律 (ちょうりつ, chōritsu) 強調 (きょうちょう, kyōchō) 空調 (くうちょう, kūchō) 好調 (こうちょう, kōchō) 調停 (ちょうてい, chōtei) 哀調 (あいちょう, aichō) 同調 (どうちょう, dōchō) 調薬 (ちょうやく, chōyaku) 調印 (ちょういん, chōin)

単調 (たんちょう, tanchō) 転調 (てんちょう, tenchō) 調製 (ちょうせい, chōsei) 画調 (がちょう, gachō) 不調法 (ぶちょうほう, buchōhō) 歩調 (ほちょう, hochō)

Proper noun

調 (hiragana みつぐ, romaji Mitsugu)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

調 (hangeul 조, 주, revised jo, ju, McCune-Reischauer cho, chu, Yale co, cwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

調 (simplified 调, pinyin diào (diao4), Wade-Giles tiao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

調 (điệu, điều)