Memory phrase for the Kanji: 调


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Meaning tone/tune, accent, view, harmonize, adjust

Pronunciation

diào, tiáo

Explanation

Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: circumference (A framed luck , sets its circumference) [joy = simplification of happy , where the scholar has beans in his mouth and is happy.]

Mnemonic


 
Words in their circumference are a: tone/tune.

Radicals

wordtraditionally , which shows sound waves out of a mouth
circumference
happiness
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 Vocabulary

 调和  tiáo hé  harmonious; harmony
 调唆  tiáo suō  to provoke; to stir up (trouble); to instigate
 烹调  pēng tiáo  to cook; cooking
 调侃  tiáo kǎn  to ridicule; to tease; to mock; idle talk; chitchat
 饶舌调唇  ráo shé tiáo chún  blabbing and showing off (idiom); loud-mouthed trouble maker
 调拨  diào bō  to send (products); to allocate; to commit (funds); to channel (goods)
 曲调  qǔ diào  tune; melody
 调动  diào dòng  to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc)
 协调  xié tiáo  to coordinate; to harmonize; negotiation
 调查  diào chá  investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll
 调节  tiáo jié  to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy etc)
 调节  tiáo jié  


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