调 (diào) · Chinese character · Step Learn Chinese

CHINESE CHARACTER

diào

调

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Numbered pinyin: diao4
English meanings: to transfer, to move (troops or cadres), to investigate, to enquire into, accent, view, argument, key (in music), mode (music), tune, tone, melody, to harmonize, to reconcile, to blend, to suit well, to adjust, to regulate, to season (food), to provoke, to incite

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Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 讠; right 周.

讠 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “speech”.

周 is identified as the sound component (zhōu). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 调.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰讠周

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

diāo刁
tricky; cunning
diāo叼
to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone)
HSK 7-9
diào吊
a string of 100 cash (arch.)
HSK 6
diào掉
drop
HSK 2
diào钓
fish; angle
diāo雕
bird of prey
HSK 7-9

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