ちょう
調

noun, noun used as a suffix

Music term.
  1. key.
  2. mode (in gagaku).

noun used as a suffix

  1. time, tempo, rhythm.
  2. meter (of a poem), meter.
  3. style, form, mood, pattern.

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. tax in kind (paid with locally produced goods; under the ritsuryō system).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
ちょう
調
 調 ちょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

tune, tone, meter
チョウ　しら.べる　ととの.う (3rd, N3)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
circumference, circuit, lap
シュウ　まわ.り　あまね (4th, N2)
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
good luck(吉) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)