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声调

Traditional: 聲調

shēng diào

HSK 2.0 · 5

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

shēng diào · sing1 diu6 (Jyutping)

  1. tone
  2. note
  3. a tone (on a Chinese syllable)
  4. CL:個|个[ge4]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

声

Meaning
sound, voice, noise; tone; music
Radical
士
Strokes
7
Components
⿱士?
Cangjie
GAH
Four-corner
4027.7

调

Meaning
transfer, move, change; tune
Radical
讠
Strokes
10
Components
⿰讠周
Cangjie
IVBGR
Four-corner
3772

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