Japanese Word Entry
小手調べ| Kana: | こてしらべ |
| Romaji: | koteshirabe |
| Definition: | preliminary test or trial, tryout |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 小 | little, small, tiny, insignificant |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄒㄧㄠˇ (xiǎo) |
| Cantonese: | siu2 |
| Japanese: | ショウ (shou) / ちい.さい (chiisai)、 こ- (ko-)、 お- (o-)、 さ- (sa-)、 こ (ko)、 お (o) |
| Korean: | 소 (so) |
| Vietnamese: | tiểu |
| 手 | hand |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄕㄡˇ (shǒu) |
| Cantonese: | sau2 |
| Japanese: | シュ (shu)、 ズ (zu) / て (te)、 て- (te-)、 -て (-te)、 た- (ta-)、 てずから (tezukara) |
| Korean: | 수 (su) |
| Vietnamese: | thủ |
Variants
| Semantic variant form: | 扌 |
| 調 | tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate, transfer, move, change |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄉㄧㄠˋ (diào), ㄊㄧㄠˊ (tiáo), ㄓㄡ (zhōu) |
| Cantonese: | diu6 |
| Japanese: | チョウ (chou) / しら.べる (shiraberu)、 しら.べ (shirabe)、 ととの.う (totonou)、 ととの.える (totonoeru)、 やわらぐ (yawaragu) |
| Korean: | 조 (jo), 주 (ju) |
| Vietnamese: | điều, điệu |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 调 |