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Kanji Information Sheet for 調 ( PDF version )
English: tune tone meter key (music) writing style prepare exorcise investigate | On-Yomi: チョウ | Kun-Yomi: しら.べる しら.べ ととの.う ととの.える ぎ つぎ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 言 (ことば) – say
Henshall Mnemonic: investigate by talking around
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #87 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #87 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 順調 [じゅんちょう]
(adj-na,n) favourable; doing well; O.K.; all right [K] [D] [Jisho] - 強調 [きょうちょう]
(n,vs) emphasis; stress; stressed point [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調査 [ちょうさ]
(n,vs) investigation; examination; inquiry; survey [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調子 [ちょうし]
(n) tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm; vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack; condition; state of health; strain; impetus; spur of the moment; trend [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 調整 [ちょうせい]
(n,vs) regulation; adjustment; tuning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調節 [ちょうせつ]
(n,vs) regulation; adjustment; control [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調味料 [ちょうみりょう]
(n) condiment; seasoning [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 不調 [ふちょう]
(adj-na,n) bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form [K] [D] [Jisho] - 同調 [どうちょう]
(n,vs) sympathy; agree with; alignment; tuning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 単調 [たんちょう]
(adj-na,n) monotony; monotone; dullness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 下調べ [したしらべ]
(n) preliminary investigation; preparation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調べ [しらべ]
(n,n-suf) preparation; investigation; inspection [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調印 [ちょういん]
(n) signature; sign; sealing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 好調 [こうちょう]
(adj-na,n) favourable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape [K] [D] [Jisho] - 協調 [きょうちょう]
(n,vs) (1) cooperation; conciliation; harmony; (2) firm (market) tone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調停 [ちょうてい]
(n) arbitration; conciliation; mediation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調理 [ちょうり]
(n,vs) cooking [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調和 [ちょうわ]
(n) harmony [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 体調 [たいちょう]
(n) physical condition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 市場調査 [しじょうちょうさ]
market research [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取調べ [とりしらべ]
(n) investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国勢調査 [こくせいちょうさ]
(n) (national) census [K] [D] [Jisho] - 基調 [きちょう]
(n) basis; keynote [K] [D] [Jisho] - 上っ調子 [うわっちょうし]
(adj-na,n) flippant; frivolous; shallow [K] [D] [Jisho] - 堅調 [けんちょう]
(adj-na,n) bullish; firm (market) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 論調 [ろんちょう]
(n) comments [K] [D] [Jisho] - 実態調査 [じったいちょうさ]
factual investigation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 短調 [たんちょう]
(n) minor key (music) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乱調 [らんちょう]
(n) confusion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空調 [くうちょう]
(n) (abbr) air conditioning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 色調 [しきちょう]
(n) color tone [K] [D] [Jisho] - ト長調 [トちょうちょう]
G major [K] [D] [Jisho] - 本調子 [ほんちょうし]
(n) proper key; keynote; normal condition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調う [ととのう]
(v5u) to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be arranged [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調教 [ちょうきょう]
(n,vs) training (animals); breaking (animals) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 歩調 [ほちょう]
(n) pace; step; cadence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り調べ [とりしらべ]
(n) investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調剤 [ちょうざい]
(n) compounding medicine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 長調 [ちょうちょう]
(n) major key (music) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調書 [ちょうしょ]
(n) protocol; preliminary memo [K] [D] [Jisho] - 低調 [ていちょう]
(adj-na,n) inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone; dullness; (market) weakness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養失調 [えいようしっちょう]
(n) malnutrition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 口調 [くちょう]
(n) tone; expression [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.