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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		巧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎo (qiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau², kiu²
• Min Nan (POJ): khiáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'iao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheau
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau², kiu²
    • Yale: háau, kíu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau², kiu²
    • IPA ^(key): /hɑːu̯³⁵/, /kʰiːu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiáu
    • Tâi-lô: khiáu
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiaʊ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiaʊ⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (巧, reconstructed)
Character (巧), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 苦絞切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɣauX/	/kʰauX/	/kʰauX/	/kʰɯauX/	/kʰaɨwX/	/kʰauX/	/kʰauX/
Character (巧), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 肴 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 苦敎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɣauH/	/kʰauH/	/kʰauH/	/kʰɯauH/	/kʰaɨwH/	/kʰauH/	/kʰauH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (巧, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
巧								qiǎo								‹ khæwX ›								/*[kʰ]ˤruʔ/								artful
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
巧					7410					丂					幽					1					巧					/*kʰruːʔ/
巧					7411					丂					幽					1					敲					/*kʰruːs/

Compounds

• 巧克力 (qiǎokèlì)

See also

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

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Japanese

Kanji

巧

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: きょう (kyō)
• Kan’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 (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune-Reischauer kyo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

巧 (xảo, nghiệp)

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