The kanji 調: meaning, readings and stroke order
調
- Meaning
- look into, tune
- On reading
- チョウ chou
- Kun reading
- しら(べる) shiraberu、ととの(う) totonou、ととの(える) totonoeru
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 言 speech
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tra cứu, điều chỉnh (điều)
- Japanese
- しらべる。ととのえる。
- Korean
- 알아보다, 맞추다 (조·주)
- Chinese
- 调查、调整 (调)
Readings, words and example sentences
チョウ chou · on reading
調子
condition, how you feel
今日は 体の 調子が よいです。
I feel good today.
しら(べる) shiraberu · kun reading
調べる
to look up, to check
言葉の 意味を 調べます。
I look up what a word means.
ととの(う) totonou · kun reading · less common
調う
to be ready
出かける 用意が 調いました。
Everything is ready for going out.
ととの(える) totonoeru · kun reading · less common
調える
to get ready
出かける 用意を 調えます。
I get ready to go out.
Practise writing 調 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 調 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.