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Kanji Detail for 調 - "tune, investigate, prepare"

調

  • Meaning

    調 means "tune, investigate, prepare."

    1. Tune - To adjust; to harmonize.

    2. Investigate - To examine; to inquire.

    3. Prepare - To make ready; to arrange.

    4. Tax - Tribute; levy.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    tune; tone; meter; key (music); writing style; prepare; exorcise; investigate; harmonize; mediate

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    transfer, move, change; tune

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To harmonize. Such as 調勻 (blend evenly). Therefore arranging matters to make them harmonious is also called 調. Such as 調停 (mediate), 調處 (settle). | To tease. Such as 調戲 (flirt), 調笑 (joke). | To dispatch. Such as 調兵 (transfer troops). All moving positions is called 調. Such as job transfer is called 調任. | Investigating and calculating is called 調. Such as 調查 (investigate). | Household tax is called 調. In Tang times there was the 租庸調法 (rent-service-cloth tax system). 調 is the ancient cloth and thread tax. | Musical pitch is called 調. Such as 聲調 (tone), 腔調 (melody). 調 has the meaning of rhythm and spirit. Therefore describing someone's talent is called 才調 (talent style).
  • Onyomitip

    choh(ちょう) ちょう

  • Kunyomitip

    azake.ru(あざける) あざける

    mitsugi(みつぎ) みつぎ

    shira.beru(しらべる) しらべる

    totono.eru(ととのえる) ととのえる

    totono.u(ととのう) ととのう

    yawara.gu(やわらぐ) やわらぐ

  • Strokestip

    15 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords
    tune adjust investigate prepare harmony examine inquire arrange melody tone key rhythm research survey tax tribute coordinate balance regulate compose

Sentences including 調

  • How have you been getting on?

  • This machine does not run well.

  • How is your work coming along?

  • How are you doing?

  • Look it up in your dictionary.

  • He is really in good shape.

  • You had better look up the word.

  • Well , let me take it back and figure it out for you.

  • See if my answer is correct.

  • I will go along with your plan.

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