Memory phrase for the character: 调

调

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Meaning

tone/tune, accent, view, harmonize, adjust

Pronunciation

diào, tiáo

Explanation

 Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: circumference 周 (The frame 冂 becomes happy 吉 with the circumference of a circle.) [joy 吉 = simplification of happy 喜, where the scholar 士 has beans 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy.]

Mnemonic
 
Words in their circumference are in harmony, like a: tone/tune.

Radicals

讠 wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
周 circumference
吉 happinessThis radical is a simplification of 喜, which also means “happiness”. There, a scholar 士 has a mouthful of beans 豆 and is happy.




 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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