diàotiáo

adjust, tune

Simplified form of 調. Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

周 sound component

  Sound component

zhōu

  

cycle

Evolution

调 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
调 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
调 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
调 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
调 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

(調) 

diào

transfer, move, change; tune; to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tone; melody

(調) 

tiáo

to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite

Most common words with 调
Freq.
Word
Meaning

调查

inquiry

调整

to adjust

to transfer

强调

to stress

协调

to coordinate

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ˤiw

dew

tiáo

tune (v.), adjust


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 69.4538% of movies

473rd most common character in movies

400th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+8C03


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