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調 しら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.える tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate 3 87 15 149 こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば 形声 Phonetic To tune an old-fashioned radio, you turn the dial the full range of the circumference, until you can clearly hear what´s being said.

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チョウ ぎ, つぎ 調べ(しらべ): (1) investigation; inspection; examination (2) tune; note; melody調査(ちょうさ): investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey調整(ちょうせい): regulation; coordination; adjustment; tuning; modification; alteration好調(こうちょう): favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape順調(じゅんちょう): favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right調印(ちょういん): signature; signing; sealing調子(ちょうし): (1) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm (2) vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack (3) condition; state of health (4) impetus; spur of the moment; strain (5) trend調停(ちょうてい): arbitration; conciliation; mediation調理(ちょうり): cooking; food preparation調和(ちょうわ): harmony単調(たんちょう): monotony; monotone; dullness調節(ちょうせつ): regulation; adjustment; control調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning協調(きょうちょう): (1) cooperation; conciliation; harmony (2) firm (market) tone不調(ふちょう): bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form同調(どうちょう): sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning強調(きょうちょう): emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point調べる(しらべる): to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search下調べ(したしらべ): preliminary investigation; preparation調度(ちょうど): supplies; furniture; fixtures取り調べる(とりしらべる): to investigate; to examine失調(しっちょう): lack of harmony 3 言: say周: circumference; circuit; lap 言 7 (none) tune words + circumference The most catchy tunes are words the go round and round the circuference of your head and you can´t get it out of your mind.

Kanji	調
Onyomi	チョウ
Kunyomi	しら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.える
Nanori	ぎ, つぎ
English	tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
Examples	調べ(しらべ): (1) investigation; inspection; examination (2) tune; note; melody 調査(ちょうさ): investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey 調整(ちょうせい): regulation; coordination; adjustment; tuning; modification; alteration 好調(こうちょう): favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape 順調(じゅんちょう): favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right 調印(ちょういん): signature; signing; sealing 調子(ちょうし): (1) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm (2) vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack (3) condition; state of health (4) impetus; spur of the moment; strain (5) trend 調停(ちょうてい): arbitration; conciliation; mediation 調理(ちょうり): cooking; food preparation 調和(ちょうわ): harmony 単調(たんちょう): monotony; monotone; dullness 調節(ちょうせつ): regulation; adjustment; control 調味料(ちょうみりょう): flavoring (e.g. salt, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.); seasoning 協調(きょうちょう): (1) cooperation; conciliation; harmony (2) firm (market) tone 不調(ふちょう): bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form 同調(どうちょう): sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning 強調(きょうちょう): emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point 調べる(しらべる): to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search 下調べ(したしらべ): preliminary investigation; preparation 調度(ちょうど): supplies; furniture; fixtures 取り調べる(とりしらべる): to investigate; to examine 失調(しっちょう): lack of harmony
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	87
Components	言: say 周: circumference; circuit; lap
Number of Strokes	15
Kanji Radical	言
Radical Number	149
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	こと・げん・ごんべん・ことば
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	tune
Koohii Story 1	To tune an old-fashioned radio, you turn the dial the full range of the circumference, until you can clearly hear what´s being said.
Koohii Story 2	words + circumference The most catchy tunes are words the go round and round the circuference of your head and you can´t get it out of your mind.

Investigation Harmony Tune Regulation Adjustment Favourable Favorable Condition