Chinese symbol for “regulate”
调控
tiáo kòng
Traditional: 調控
to regulate; to control
The closest CC-CEDICT match for regulate is 调控 (tiáo kòng), defined as: to regulate; to control.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “regulate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 规制 (規制) | guī zhì | to regulate; rules and regulations |
| 制 | zhì | system; to control |
| 乂 | yì | to regulate; to govern |
| 规范 (規範) | guī fàn | norm; standard |
| 调 (調) | tiáo | to harmonize; to reconcile |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调控.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 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) |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 监控 (監控) | jiān kòng | to monitor |
See also: Japanese symbol for “regulate”.
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.