Onyomi: チョウ · Kunyomi: しら.べ, しら.べる, ととの.う, ととの.える · Meanings: exorcise, harmonize, investigate, key (music), mediate, meter, prepare, tone, tune, writing style
Kanji for exorcise, harmonize, investigate, key music, mediate
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調 is formed from the speech radical 言 on the left, and the character 周 on the right. The speech radical represents words or communication, while 周 conveys the idea of a complete cycle or thoroughness. Together, they express the idea of thoroughly examining or harmonizing something through words or measures. From this, 調 came to mean investigate, adjust, tone, or harmony.
調 shows using words and thoroughness, meaning investigate, adjust, or harmonize.
調 is used when examining, adjusting, or bringing things into harmony. Remember 調 as carefully managing or tuning something through investigation or communication.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 調 | ちょう | key | Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 調査 | ちょうさ | investigation, examination, inquiry, enquiry, survey | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 調理 | ちょうり | cooking, food preparation | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 調停 | ちょうてい | arbitration, conciliation, mediation | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 調べる | しらべる | to examine, to look up, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 調子 | ちょうし | tune, tone, key, pitch, time, rhythm | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 調整 | ちょうせい | adjustment, regulation, coordination, reconciliation, tuning, fixing, tailoring | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 調節 | ちょうせつ | regulation, adjustment, control | common JLPT-N2 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 整う | ととのう | to be ready, to be prepared, to be arranged | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 調和 | ちょうわ | harmony, accord, reconciliation, agreement | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |