The kanji 巧: meaning, readings and stroke order

巧

Meaning: skillful, clever
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: たく（み） takumi
Strokes: 5
Radical: 工 work
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: khéo léo (xảo)
Japanese: たくみ。じょうず。
Korean: 솜씨 좋다, 교묘하다 (교)
Chinese: 灵巧、巧妙

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading · less common

巧こう妙みょう
clever, cleverly made
巧こう妙みょうなしかけです。
It is a clever trick.

たく（み） takumi · kun reading · less common

巧たくみ
skillful
巧たくみな手さばきです。
What skillful hands!

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.