Kanji N3

調: tune, tone, meter

調 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning tune, tone, meter, written with 15 strokes. It is read チョウ (on) and しらべる, しらべ, ととのう (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 調子 (ちょうし, tune) and 調査 (ちょうさ, investigation).

調

Meanings

  • tune
  • tone
  • meter
  • key (music)
  • writing style
  • prepare
  • exorcise
  • investigate
  • harmonize
  • mediate
Strokes15
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#87 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • しらべる
  • しらべ
  • ととのう
  • ととのえる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 15. Start at the dot.

Common words with 調

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 調子ちょうし

    tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm

    JLPT N3
  • 調査ちょうさ

    investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry

    JLPT N3
  • 順調じゅんちょう

    favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

    JLPT N3
  • 強調きょうちょう

    emphasis; stress; highlighting; underlining

    JLPT N3
  • 調べるしらべる

    to examine; to look up; to investigate

    JLPT N4
  • 調べしらべ

    investigation; inspection; examination

    JLPT N1
  • 好調こうちょう

    favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory

    JLPT N1
  • 協調きょうちょう

    cooperation; conciliation; harmony; coordination

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.