KanjiN3Grade 3 · 小315 strokesRadical 言#87 in newspapers
調 · tune, tone
調 is a kanji meaning tune, tone, meter, key (music). It has 15 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- チョウchō
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- しらべるshiraberu
- しらべshirabe
- ととのうtotonou
- ととのえるtotonoeru
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In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 調 · 21 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 調べるしらべる | しらべる | to check; to look up; to inquire; to search | N4 |
| 順調じゅんちょう | じゅんちょう | doing well | N3 |
| 強調きょうちょう | きょうちょう | emphasis, stress, stressed point | N3 |
| 協調きょうちょう | きょうちょう | co-operation, conciliation, harmony | N3 |
| 調査ちょうさ | ちょうさ | survey; investigation | N3 |
| 調子ちょうし | ちょうし | condition, state, tune, tone | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 調整ちょうせい | ちょうせい | regulation, adjustment, tuning | N2 |
| 調節ちょうせつ | ちょうせつ | regulation, adjustment, control | N2 |
| 調味料ちょうみりょう | ちょうみりょう | condiment, seasoning | N2 |
| 好調こうちょう | こうちょう | satisfactory, in good shape | N1 |
| 同調どうちょう | どうちょう | sympathy, agree with, alignment | N1 |
| 取り調べるとりしらべる | とりしらべる | to investigate, to examine | N1 |
| 下調べしたしらべ | したしらべ | preliminary investigation | N1 |
| 調べしらべ | しらべ | investigation, inspection | N1 |
| 単調たんちょう | たんちょう | monotony, monotone, dullness | N1 |
| 調印ちょういん | ちょういん | signature, sign, sealing | N1 |
| 調停ちょうてい | ちょうてい | arbitration, conciliation, mediation | N1 |
| 調理ちょうり | ちょうり | cooking | N1 |
| 調和ちょうわ | ちょうわ | harmony | N1 |
| 失調しっちょう | しっちょう | lack of harmony, imbalance | N1 |
| 不調ふちょう | ふちょう | bad condition, disorder, slump | N1 |
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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