U+8ABF "調" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
調
U+8ABF "調" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (also used in Japanese as chō and Korean as jo) that primarily conveys the meanings of "tune," "tone," "melody," or "to adjust" and "to harmonize." Its structure combines the radical for "speech" or "words" (言) on the left with the phonetic component 周 on the right, reflecting its semantic fields of vocal modulation, musical pitch, and the concept of bringing things into balance or proper order. In modern usage, it appears in terms like 調整 (adjustment), 調查 (investigation/inquiry), and 調和 (harmony), making it a versatile character integral to discussions of music, science, and social or mechanical coordination.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8ABF |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 調 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 調 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAA 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8ABF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008ABF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8abf |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BDD5 |
| kCCCII | 21587D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E7E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E7E |
| kCangjie | YRBGR |
| kCantonese | diu6 |
| kCihaiT | 1247.504 |
| kCowles | 4192 4377 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1631.190 |
| kDefinition | transfer, move, change; tune |
| kEACC | 21587D |
| kFanqie | 徒聊 張流 徒弔 |
| kFenn | 730D |
| kFennIndex | 516.02 517.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0762.0 |
| kGB1 | 2187 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 1083x |
| kHangul | 조:0E 주:N |
| kHanYu | 63989.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | diào(390) tiáo(213) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63989.060:tiáo,diào,zhōu |
| kHKGlyph | 3822 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1631.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63989.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1166.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3577 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BDD5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4434 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9B7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7060 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E7E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-673D |
| kJapanese | チョウ チュウ しらべる ととのう ととのえる みつぎ しらべ やわらぐ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOTONOU SHIRABERU YAWARAGU |
| kJapaneseOn | CHOU |
| kJis0 | 3620 |
| kKangXi | 1166.080 |
| kKorean | CO CWU |
| kLau | 565 3075 |
| kMandarin | diào |
| kMatthews | 6298 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3128 3135 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024559 MJ024559:E0102 MJ024558:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 35609' 35609':E0102 35609:E0103 |
| kNelson | 4392 |
| kPhonetic | 80 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3024+149.7.8 V+13933+149.7.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.8 |
| kSBGY | 145.09 210.08 413.05 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "调" U+8C03 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 650.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tiáo粵tiu4 diào粵diu6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6148 |
| kTang | *dhèu dheu |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | điều |
| kXerox | 244:265 |