Chinese Character 调 Meanings and components.

Form

调

Meaning

调 meaning[3] in English

To Transfer.

To Move (Troops Or Cadres).

To Investigate.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 调 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and surname Zhou (周)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVBGR

How to write 调

To write调diao4to transfer you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 周zhou1surname Zhou arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 周 = 调

调 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 调 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 调, looks as follow:

调
Pinyin:diao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Transfer . To Move (Troops Or Cadres) . To Investigate . To Enquire Into . Accent . View . Argument . Key (In Music) . Mode (Music) . Tune . Tone . Melody
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
周
Pinyin:zhou1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhou . Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 Bc)
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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