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Chinese symbol for “adjustable”

可调
kě tiáo
Traditional: 可調
adjustable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for adjustable is 可调 (kě tiáo), defined as: adjustable.

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Characters and stroke order

可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
调 tiáo
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “adjustable”

WordPinyinMeaning
伸缩 (伸縮)shēn suōto lengthen and shorten; flexible

Related words

Other words that share a character with 可调.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
不可bù kěcannot; should not; must not
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
调查 (調查)diào cháinvestigation; inquiry
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress

See also: Japanese symbol for “adjustable”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.