巧

Translingual

Han character

巧 (radical 48 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一一女尸 (MMVS), four-corner 1112₇, composition ⿰工丂)

1. skillful, ingenious, clever

References

• KangXi: page 325, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8721
• Dae Jaweon: page 628, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 412, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5DE7

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Cantonese

Hanzi

巧 (jyutping haau2, kiu2, Yale haau2, kiu2)

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Japanese

Kanji

巧 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: こう (kō)
• Kun: たくみ (takumi), さとい (satoi)

Proper noun

巧 (hiragana たくみ, romaji Takumi)

1. A male given name

巧 (hiragana こう, romaji Kō)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

巧 (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

巧 (pinyin qiǎo (qiao3), Wade-Giles ch'iao³)

Compounds

• 巧克力 (qiǎokèlì)

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ kʰiau˥˧ ]

Adjective

巧 (traditional and simplified, POJ khiáu)

1. skillful, ingenious, clever

See also

• (Mandarin) trad. 聰明, simpl. 聪明 (cōngmíng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巧 (xảo)