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调查

diào chá

to investigate; survey

Stroke order of 调查

2 characters, 19 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

调 · 10 strokes查 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

Words 讠 asked evenly 周 for a survey; 查 checks the wood 木 under the sun.

Parts: 调: 讠 speech + 周 all around; 查 check

The characters in 调查

  • 调 diào — to transfer; tone (10 strokes)
  • 查 chá — to check; to look up (9 strokes)

Example sentence

警察正在调查这件事。

The police are investigating this matter.

Words with 调

空调air conditioner调整to adjust强调to emphasize调to transfer; tone

Words with 查

检查to check; to examine查to check; to look up

More words: Problems & Solutions

错误mistake; wrong事故accident事件incident; event意外accident; unexpected危险danger; dangerous风险risk紧急urgent; emergency解决to solve处理to handle; to deal with克服to overcome防to guard against防止to prevent预防to prevent保护to protect破坏to destroy; damage

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