Chinese symbol for “investigation”
调查
diào chá
Traditional: 調查
investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey
The closest CC-CEDICT match for investigation is 调查 (diào chá), defined as: investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “investigation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调研 (調研) | diào yán | to investigate and research; research |
| 视察 (視察) | shì chá | to inspect; an investigation |
| 调查核实 (調查核實) | diào chá hé shí | to investigate; investigation |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调查.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 审查 (審查) | shěn chá | to examine; to investigate |
| 查看 | chá kàn | to look over; to examine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “investigation”.
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.