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			|  Kanji 
					Grade 3 -    調 
 Kanji character Grade 3 調. Writing practice along 
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			| tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, 
			investigate, harmonize, mediate Kun: しら.べる、 しら.べ、 ととの.う、 ととの.える
 On: チョウ
 15 strokes
 Radical: speech 言 (訁)
 Parts: 冂 口 土 言
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 調 【チョウ】 pitch, tone, key, time, tempo, mood, tendency, style, tax 
			paid in kind (ritsuryo period), first a tax on rice fields and 
			households, then on individuals 調印 【チョウイン】 signature, signing, sealing
 長調 【チョウチョウ】 major key
 空調 【クウチョウ】 air conditioning
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 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 調べ 【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
 取り調べ 【とりしらべ】 investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors), 
			examination, inquiry, enquiry
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