調 Kanji – tune

The Japanese kanji 調 can mean tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate.

Meaning and Readings

Meaning: tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate
Onyomi: チョウ
Kunyomi: しらべる, しらべ, ととのう, ととのえる
Romaji: chou, shiraberu, shirabe, totonou, totonoeru
JLPT: 2
Frequency Rank: 87

How is 調 read?

調 has the onyomi reading チョウ and the kunyomi readings しらべる, しらべ, ととのう, ととのえる.

In romaji, these readings can be written as chou, shiraberu, shirabe, totonou, totonoeru.

Common Japanese Words Using 調

These common Japanese words contain 調. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.

  • ト長調(トちょうちょう) — G major
  • 栄養失調(えいようしっちょう) — malnutrition
  • 下調べ(したしらべ) — preliminary investigation, preliminary inquiry
  • 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
  • 協調(きょうちょう) — cooperation, conciliation, harmony, coordination
  • 強調(きょうちょう) — emphasis, stress, highlighting, underlining, underscoring
  • 空調(くうちょう) — air conditioning
  • 堅調(けんちょう) — firm (market), bullish
  • 口調(くちょう) — tone (of voice), manner of talking

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