King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “scheduler”

调度
diào dù
Traditional: 調度
to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scheduler is 调度 (diào dù), defined as: to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc); to schedule; to manage; dispatcher; scheduler.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

调 diào
tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
度 dù
degree, system; manner; to consider
radical 53 ⼴ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 调度.

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)
制度zhì dùsystem (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution
程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent

See also: Japanese symbol for “scheduler”.

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.