调 diào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 周 Zhou dynasty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
调查
diàochá
survey; investigation
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 老师做调查。 Lǎoshī zuò diàochá. The teacher does a survey.
- 我们参加调查。 Wǒmen cānjiā diàochá. We take part in a survey.
- 调查很简单。 Diàochá hěn jiǎndān. The survey is very simple.
Related words
- 调 diào tune; tone
- 空调 kōngtiáo air conditioner
- 强调 qiángdiào to emphasize
- 调 tiáo to adjust
- 调整 tiáozhěng to adjust; to change
- 单调 dāndiào boring; monotonous
- 调皮 tiáopí naughty; mischievous
- 调动 diàodòng to transfer; to mobilize
- 调节 tiáojié to adjust
- 调解 tiáojiě to mediate
- 查 chá to check; to look up
- 检查 jiǎnchá to check; to examine