巧
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning
adroit, skilled, ingenuity
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- コウJHS
- Kun (native)
- たく(み)JHS
- たく(む)
- うま(い)
- Nanori (used in names)
- かつ
- たくみ
- よし
- Other languages
- 拼音qiao3
- 한글gyo
- Hán-ViệtXảo
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 5 strokes
- Radical
- 己(おのれ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+5DE7
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰工丂
Words using this kanji
- 巧みたくみskillful, adroit, dexterous, masterful
- 巧妙こうみょう巧みな、工夫を施した。ingenious, skillful, clever, deft
- 巧者こうしゃcleverness, skill, tact, clever person (in a particular field)
- 巧拙こうせつ上手なことと下手なこと。skill, workmanship, dexterity, quality
- 巧こうskilfulness, skillfulness, cleverness
- 巧言こうげん言葉は巧みであるが実意がないこと。うまい言葉を口先だけで言うこと。flattery
- 巧技こうぎ巧みな技術や技芸などのこと。skill, fine workmanship
- 巧知こうち巧みな才知。skill, cleverness
- 巧遅こうち出来は精巧であるが、時間がかかること。elaborate but slow execution, polished but slow work
- 巧緻こうち精巧で、また緻密であること。elaborate, exquisite, detailed
- 巧むたくむto devise, to plot, to plan
- 巧笑こうしょう愛嬌のある笑い。 作り笑い。courteous laughter, forced laughter
- 巧と拙こうとせつskillfulness and clumsiness
- 巧まぬたくまぬnatural, artless, guileless
- 巧言令色こうげんれいしょく（他人に好かれたり、気を引いたりするため）言葉を巧みに飾り、顔色を繕うこと。flattery, honeyed words
- 巧を誇るこうをほこるto be of excellent workmanship
- 巧遅拙速こうちせっそくbetter being rough and ready than slow and elaborate, better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent
- 巧まざるたくまざるnatural, artless, guileless
- 巧まずしてたくまずしてunintentionally, inadvertently, without trying to, naturally
- 巧言令色鮮し仁こうげんれいしょくすくなしじんthose who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Similar-looking kanji
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- 巩One part differs
- 邛One part differs
Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-3-2- Four Corner
1112.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a5.7- Heisig
- 1329
- Nelson
- 1453