巧

Information about character(s)

Radical: 工
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 2
Total Strokes: 5

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiǎo
Cantonese: haau2 kiu2
JapaneseKun: TAKUMI SATOI
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: KYO
Vietnamese: xảo

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: skillful, ingenious, clever

CE-Dict: opportunely/coincidentally/as it happens/skillful/timely

Soothill: Skilful, clever.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.ingenious; skillful
2.cunning
3.fortuitously

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: artful; clever; cunning; deceitful; opportunely; skilful

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: artful; clever; cunning; deceitful; opportunely; skilful

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《工部》巧技也。从工丂聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集中】【工字部】巧
〔古文〕丂𢩨【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤苦絞切，敲上聲。【說文】技也。【廣韻】能也，善也。【韻會】機巧也。【周禮·冬官考工記】天有時，地有氣，材有美，工有巧。合此四者，然後可以爲良。【山海經】義均始爲巧，倕始作下民百巧。　又【增韻】拙之反。【韻會】黠慧也。【老子·道德經】大巧若拙。【淮南子·主術訓】是故有大略者，不可責以捷巧。　又【廣韻】好也。【詩·衞風】巧笑倩兮。　又【韻會】射者工于命中曰巧。【孟子】知譬則巧也。　又【廣韻】僞也。【詩·小雅】巧言如簧，顏之厚矣。【傳】出言虛僞，而不知慚於人。【禮·月令】毋或作淫巧。【註】淫巧，謂僞飾不如法也。　又【廣韻】苦敎切。【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】口敎切，𠀤敲去聲。義同。　又叶去九切，音糗。【前漢·司馬遷傳】聖人不巧，時變是守。

Buddhism words and phrases skillful

CF-Dict: habile/par hasard

Han-De-Dict: geschickt, gewandt (u.E.) (Adj)/zufällig, gerade, ausgerechnet (u.E.) (Adj)