Radical 讠

10 strokes

調

words 讠 (67c) + week 周 (540) = tune 调

Another character with a range of additional meanings — “mix”, “fit in”, “mediate”, “provoke”, “move” and others.

声调 (488) shēngdiào tone (of Chinese character)

(The lyricist for a songwriting team lives on an island where he can concentrate) When the week’s quota of words is finished, they are ready to have a tune written for them. / The two dwarves collect them each week in their dhow (and take them to his partner, the composer, on the mainland).