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Kanji Grade 3 - 調

Kanji character Grade 3 調. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 調
About
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
 
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
 
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