Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

87 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate

Kunyomi: しら.べる しら.べ ととの.う ととの.える

Onyomi: チョウ

Composition:

調

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

調子(ちょうし)   tone, mood, condition

調(たいちょう)   physical condition

調な(こうちょうな)   favorable

調な(じゅんちょうな)   doing well

調査する(ちょうさする)   investigate

調節する(ちょうせつする)   adjust

調する(きょうちょうする)   emphasize

調する(きょうちょうする)   co-operate

調べる(しらべる)   check [v.t.]

調える(ととのえる)   put in order [v.t.]

調う(ととのう)   be prepared [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

調 チョウ pitch, tone, key, time, tempo, mood, tendency, style, tax paid in kind (ritsuryō period), first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals

調 チョウイン signature, signing, sealing

調 チョウチョウ major key

調 クウチョウ air conditioning

Kunyomi Examples

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

調 しらべ investigation, inspection, examination, tune, note, melody

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

取り調 とりしらべ investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors), examination, inquiry, enquiry

整う ととのう to be ready, to be prepared, to be arranged, to be in order, to be put in order, to be well-ordered, to be well-proportioned, to be harmonious, to be adjusted, to be regulated, to be refined (e.g. of a face), to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract), to be completed

整える ととのえる to put in order, to arrange, to tidy up, to straighten, to adjust, to fix, to get ready, to prepare, to arrange, to supply, to assemble, to buy, to work out (e.g. business deal), to arrange (e.g. marriage), to settle