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Kanji Detail for 巧 - "skillful, craft"

巧

  • Meaning

    巧 means "skillful, craft." Also associated with deceptive.

    1. Craft - Skill; technique.

    2. Skillful - Good at; adept.

    3. Deceptive - Only decorating the surface; pretending.

  • Words using 巧

    • 巧み たくみ Listen skillful; adroit; dexterous
    • 巧妙 こうみょう Listen ingenious; skillful; clever
    • 技巧 ぎこう Listen technique; finesse
    • 精巧 せいこう Listen elaborate; delicate; exquisite

  • Four-character idioms with 巧

    • 奇技淫巧 きぎいんこう Listen ingenious but pointless trick; artifice for its own sake
    • 巧言令色 こうげんれいしょく Listen flattery; honeyed words
    • 巧遅拙速 こうちせっそく Listen better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent

  • Tattoo check: 巧

    • Verified meaning: skillful, craft
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いさお, こう, こうじ, こうしょう)
    • Also carries these associations: deceptive

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 巧

    Given names 巧(いさお)Listen 巧(こう)Listen 巧(さとし)Listen 巧(たく)Listen 巧(たくみ)Listen

    Surnames 巧(こうじ)Listen 巧(こうしょう)Listen 巧(こうそう)Listen 巧(たくむ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    adroit; skilled; ingenuity

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    skillful, ingenious, clever

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    skillful, ingenious, clever

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Clever. Opposite of clumsy. Such as 大巧若拙. | Good; fine. Such as 巧笑. | Deceptive. Such as 巧言. | Coincidental. Such as 湊巧. | The seventh day of the seventh month has the Qiaoqiao festival story. Colloquially, the seventh month is called 巧月.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    taku.mu(たく-む) たく-む

    takumi(たくみ) たくみ

    umai(うま-い) うま-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    工 (e・takumi・takumihen・ko)

  • Related Keywords

    craft skillful deceptive delicious showy technique adroit clever adept dexterity expertise finesse ingenuity mastery proficiency cunning resourcefulness nimbleness creativity

Sentences including 巧

  • Fair words butter no parsnips.

  • Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.

  • Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

  • He has a good art of talking.

  • He plays the guitar well.

  • You handled that deftly.

  • Skillful management made a success of the business.

  • The cochlea implant is a technically ingenious device.

  • Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war.

  • They're cleverly changing how we perceive them.

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