Skip to content
kanjiba – Home

Kanji 巧

5 strokes

Meaning

adroit, skilled, ingenuity

On'yomi
コウ
Kun'yomi
たくみたくむうまい
Strokes
5
JLPT
N1
School grade
Secondary school
Kanken
3級
Frequency
#1537 / 2500

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Words with 巧

  • 精巧

    せいこう

    elaborate, delicate, exquisite

    N3
  • 巧妙

    こうみょう

    ingenious, skillful, clever

    N1
  • 巧み

    たくみ

    skill, cleverness

    N1

Example sentences

  • ビルは論争ろんそうが巧たくみだ。

    Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.

  • 巧妙こうみょうにイメージがすり替かえられている。

    They're cleverly changing how we perceive them.

  • その機械きかいは精巧せいこうに出来できているので、すぐ壊こわれる。

    The machine is so delicate that it easily breaks.

Look-alike kanji

Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.

KanjiMeaningOn'yomiKun'yomiStrokes

Other kanji with radical “work” 工

KanjiMeaningOn'yomiKun'yomiStrokes