巧 — Chinese character
巧
qiǎo
skillful, ingenious, clever
- Pinyin
- qiǎo
- Radical
- 48 ⼯ (Work)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 工 丂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — work; meaning component 工; sound component 丂
- Japanese
- 巧 as a kanji
Common words with 巧
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 技巧 | jì qiǎo | skill; technique |
| 巧克力 | qiǎo kè lì | (loanword) chocolate; 块 (kuài) |
| 巧合 | qiǎo hé | coincidence; coincidental |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
| 精巧 | jīng qiǎo | elaborate |
| 碰巧 | pèng qiǎo | by chance; by coincidence |
| 恰巧 | qià qiǎo | by chance; as chance would have it |
| 灵巧 (靈巧) | líng qiǎo | deft; nimble |
| 小巧 | xiǎo qiǎo | small and exquisite; delicate |
| 轻巧 (輕巧) | qīng qiǎo | dexterous; deft |
| 乖巧 | guāi qiǎo | clever (child); smart |
| 花言巧语 (花言巧語) | huā yán qiǎo yǔ | graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling |
English words written with 巧
- chocolate
- skill
- elaborate
- coincidence
- coincide
- ingenious
- coincidentally
- nifty
- deceitful
- coincidental
- deft
- artifice
巧 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 5 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 28
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 19
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 45
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 57
- Analects 1.3
- Analects 3.8
- Analects 5.24
- Analects 15.26
- Analects 17.17
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