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Chinese symbol for “modulate”

调制
tiáo zhì
Traditional: 調制
to modulate; modulation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for modulate is 调制 (tiáo zhì), defined as: to modulate; modulation.

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Characters and stroke order

调 tiáo
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
制 zhì
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “modulate”

WordPinyinMeaning
调变 (調變)tiáo biànmodulation; to modulate (electronics)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 调制.

WordPinyinMeaning
调查 (調查)diào cháinvestigation; inquiry
强调 (強調)qiáng diàoto emphasize (a statement); to stress
调整 (調整)tiáo zhěngto adjust; to revise; to reorganize
协调 (協調)xié tiáoto coordinate; to harmonize
调节 (調節)tiáo jiéto adjust; to regulate
空调 (空調)kōng tiáoair conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)
控制kòng zhìto control
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution

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.