Kanji
N3 15 strokes Grade 3 freq #87

tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

investigation; examination
adjustment; regulation
cooperation; conciliation
favourable; favorable
supply; provision
favourable; favorable
signature; signing
basic tone; underlying tone
tune; tone
physical condition; state of health

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

investigation; inspection
flippant; frivolous
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination

Example sentences

The teacher is busy looking over our tests.

Closer examination revealed that the skull had been crushed by some heavy blow.

For the time being, I will wait for the result of the survey.

We should look into the problem.