[調] Handwritten Kanji for to adjust and its Readings, Radical and Usage

Today’s Kanji is “調” (shira-beru); Kanji for “to adjust”.

 

Handwritten Kanji “調” (shira-beru)

 

Readings, Radical and Meaning of “調”

漢字 Kanji	読み Readings	ローマ字 Romaji	画数 Stroke Count	部首 Radical	意味 Meaning
調	チョウ しら-べる ととの-う ととの-える	chou shira-beru totono-u totono-eru	15	言	to adjust

Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)

 

Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “調”

Jukugo / Usage	Yomi	Romaji	Meaning
調査する	ちょうさする	Chōsa suru	Investigate
資金を調達する	しきんをちょうたつする	Shikin wo chōtatsu suru	Raise funds
体を調べる	からだをしらべる	Karada wo shiraberu	Examine the body

 

調べる（しらべる）= to check up, to investigate, to examine, to study