调

tiáo

to harmonize

to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite

speech (讠) + sound-of-周 = to harmonize, blend, adjust

The speech radical grounds the idea that adjusting and reconciling often happens through words and dialogue. 周 is mainly phonetic, contributing the approximate sound tiáo rather than a semantic layer.

讠+周→调
周A surnamePhonetic
讠SpeechSemantic

请你帮我调一下空调的温度。

qǐng nǐ bāng wǒ tiáo yī xià kōng tiáo de wēn dù。

Please help me adjust the air conditioner's temperature.

做汤的时候要仔细调味,才能好喝。

zuò tāng de shí hòu yào zǐ xì tiáo wèi,cái néng hǎo hē。

When making soup, you need to season it carefully for it to taste good.

Words with 调

论调

lùn diào

argument

语调

yǔ diào

intonation

调用

diào yòng

to transfer (for a specific purpose)

调笑

tiáo xiào

to tease

调色

tiáo sè

to blend colors

时调

shí diào

regional folk song popular during a certain period of time

征调

zhēng diào

to conscript

调理

tiáo lǐ

to nurse one's health

失调

shī diào

out of tune (music)

失调

shī tiáo

imbalance

调头

diào tóu

variant of 掉頭|掉头[diao4 tou2]

调头

diào tou

tone (of voice)

More characters with 讠

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