调

diào · tiáo

to transfer · to investigate

Radical: 讠 Strokes: 10 HSK 3

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common

Same radical

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Same radical

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Character Decomposition

调=讠+周

Etymology

speech

Meanings2 pronunciations

diào

to transfer

to move (troops or cadres)

to investigate

to enquire into

accent

view

argument

key (in music)

mode (music)

tune

tone

melody

tiáo

to harmonize

to reconcile

to blend

to suit well

to adjust

to regulate

to season (food)

to provoke

to incite

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Words with 调 469 total

character (of a person, verse, object etc) · style风调fēng diào low pitch · quiet (voice) · subdued · low-key · low-profile低调dī diào (of writing) tone · style笔调bǐ diào to temporarily transfer (personnel)借调jiè diào (literary) false rhetoric谰调lán diào

Idioms with 调 65 total Chain

to be united in action步调一致bù diào yī zhì cliché · commonplace · truism · stereotype陈词滥调chén cí làn diào to move an army and send a general (idiom); to deploy an army · to send a team on a task调兵遣将diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) · to lure an enemy away from his territory调虎离山diào hǔ lí shān