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JLPT N3 SL3 15 strokes Frequency: #87

Meanings

Tune, Tone, Meter, Key (music), Writing Style, Prepare, Exorcise, Investigate, Harmonize, Mediate

Radicals

言

Decomposition

⿰言周

Etymology

Pictophonetic: speech

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 15

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 horizontal bottom-to-top

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical bottom-to-top

6 corner bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal top-to-bottom

9 hook right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 vertical right-to-left

12 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

13 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

14 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

15 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

チョウ chou

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ととの totono

しら shira

Words Using This Kanji

558 words total

Other (20 words)

内部調査ないぶちょうさ

internal inspection

家具調度かぐちょうど

household furnishings

調査官ちょうさかん

examiner

現調げんちょう

local procurement

臨調りんちょう

special council or commission

現地調達げんちちょうたつ

local procurement

翻訳調ほんやくちょう

translationese

体温調節たいおんちょうせつ

thermoregulation (of the body)

調湿剤ちょうしつざい

desiccant

調査役ちょうさやく

assistant (to section manager)

素行調査そこうちょうさ

probity check

財政調整基金ざいせいちょうせいききん

financial adjustment monies

exorcism

refined

oratorical tone

clumsy person

apologetic (defensive) tone of voice

命令口調めいれいくちょう

tone of command

政策調査せいさくちょうさ

party policy research

音調おんちょう

tune

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