調

Meaning

Investigate, check, tune · investigar, consultar

Readings

• On (音読み): チョウ
• Kun (訓読み): しら.べる・ととの.う・ととの.える

Example words

• 調べる（しらべる）— to look up; check
• 調子（ちょうし）— condition; tune
• 体調（たいちょう）— physical condition

Structure

Radical 言 (ごんべん・いう · Speech, word) · 15 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

調べる = look up / check (a dictionary, the internet, facts) — Spanish consultar, or buscar information. Searching for a lost object is 探す, not 調べる. 調子はどう？ = how is it going? Words (言) + 周.