漢字城 Kanji Fortress

調 investigate

Also: tune

On'yomi
チョウ
Kun'yomi
しら-べる、ととの-える
Strokes
15
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): しら-べる.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
調 is written in 15 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

You send your words all around a subject, circling it until every detail is investigated and the story is tuned to fit.

A common word

  • 調べる しらべる to investigate

Example sentences

  • じしょでことばをしらべます。

    I look up words in a dictionary.

  • きょうはからだのちょうしがいいです。

    I'm feeling good today.

Kanji that share a part

言 is its radical. 73 kanji share it in all.

周 is a component.