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Chinese symbol for “artifice”

巧妙
qiǎo miào
ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice

The closest CC-CEDICT match for artifice is 巧妙 (qiǎo miào), defined as: ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

巧 qiǎo
skillful, ingenious, clever
radical 48 ⼯ · 5 strokes
妙 miào
mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
radical 38 ⼥ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “artifice”

WordPinyinMeaning
心路xīn lùscheme; artifice

Related words

Other words that share a character with 巧妙.

WordPinyinMeaning
技巧jì qiǎoskill; technique
巧克力qiǎo kè lì(loanword) chocolate; 块 (kuài)
巧合qiǎo hécoincidence; coincidental
精巧jīng qiǎoelaborate
碰巧pèng qiǎoby chance; by coincidence
奇妙qí miàowonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
美妙měi miàobeautiful; wonderful
微妙wēi miàosubtle

See also: Japanese symbol for “artifice”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.