Chinese symbol for “coincidentally”
巧
qiǎo
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coincidentally is 巧 (qiǎo), defined as: opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coincidentally”.
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.