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