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tune
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingチョウ
Kun readingしら.べる、しら.べ、ととの.う、ととの.える
JōyōGrade 3
  1. to examine
  2. to look up
  3. to investigate
  4. to check up
  5. to sense

Popular Usage

調べる強調順調協調

Radicals and components

Radical言speechComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口) · circumference · running track · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 373

Compound words

調べるしらべる
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense
強調きょうちょう
emphasis; stress; highlighting; underlining; underscoring
順調じゅんちょう
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
協調きょうちょう
cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination
快調かいちょう
good (condition); going well; fine; smooth
基調きちょう
basic tone; underlying tone; basic theme; basis; keynote
空調くうちょう
air conditioning
堅調けんちょう
firm (market); bullish; strong (sales, economy, etc.); steady; sound
口調くちょう
tone (of voice); manner of talking
好調こうちょう
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
色調しきちょう
color tone; colour tone
体調たいちょう
physical condition; state of health; shape
単調たんちょう
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
短調たんちょう
minor key
調べしらべ
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note
調印ちょういん
signature; signing; sealing
調査ちょうさ
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
調剤ちょうざい
making up a prescription; dispensing a prescription; preparing a medicine
調子ちょうし
tune; tone; key; pitch; time
調書ちょうしょ
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet
調整ちょうせい
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning
調節ちょうせつ
regulation; adjustment; control
調達ちょうたつ
supply; provision; raising; procurement
調停ちょうてい
arbitration; conciliation; mediation

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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