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Translingual
Han character
巧 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一一女尸 (MMVS), four-corner 11127, composition ⿰工丂)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 325, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8721
- Dae Jaweon: page 628, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 412, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5DE7
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs): semantic 工 + phonetic 丂 (OC *kʰluːʔ)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): haau2
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): haau2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): kau2
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): qiau2
- Northern Min (KCR): kiǎu
- Eastern Min (BUC): kiēu
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kieo3 / kao3
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): kui2
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): qiau3
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎo
- Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎo
- Wade–Giles: chʻiao3
- Yale: chyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheau
- Palladius: цяо (cjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: qiào
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰiau⁵³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: haau2
- Yale: háau
- Cantonese Pinyin: haau2
- Guangdong Romanization: hao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːu̯³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: haau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /hau³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: kau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kháu / khiáu
- Hakka Romanization System: kauˋ / kiauˋ
- Hagfa Pinyim: kau3 / kiau3
- Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯³¹/, /kʰi̯au̯³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: kauˊ
- Sinological IPA: /kʰau²⁴/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: qiau2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰiau⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: kiǎu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiau²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kiēu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰieu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kieo3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kâ̤u
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰieu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kieo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰieu³³²/
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kao3
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: kâu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰau⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: kao3
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰau³³²/
- (Putian)
Note:
- kieo3 - vernacular;
- kao3 - literary.
- Southern Min
- khá - vernacular (“rare but exquisite; fake; cunning”);
- khiáu - vernacular (“ingenious; cunning; skillful; pretty”);
- kháu - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ka2 / kiao2 / kiou2
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khá / khiáu / khióu
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰa⁵²/, /kʰiau⁵²/, /kʰiou⁵²/
- (Teochew)
- ka2 - vernacular;
- kiao2/kiou2 - literary (kiou2 - Chaozhou).
- ka2 - vernacular;
- kiao2 - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: kui2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰui³³/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 5chiau
- MiniDict: chiau去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2qiau
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³⁴/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Wugniu: 3chiau
- MiniDict: chiau上
- Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /cʰiɔ⁴⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕʰiæ⁵¹/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaɯ⁴⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁴³⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔ⁵³/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕʰiɒ³³⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³²⁵/
- Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕʰiɔ³⁵/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 5khau
- MiniDict: khau去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 2khau
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɔ³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
- (Jinhua)
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: qiau3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɒu̯⁴¹/
- (Changsha)
Note:
Note:
Note:
Note: 5khau/3khau - used in 巧果.
- Middle Chinese: khaewX, khaewH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤruʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʰruːʔ/, /*kʰruːs/
Definitions
巧
- skill; technique
- ingenious; skillful
- hypocritical; fake; cunning
- exquisite; elaborate
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) pretty; beautiful
- opportune; coincidental
- fortunately; by chance
- (Hefei Mandarin) cheap
- (～日) (telegraphy) the eighteenth day of a month
- a surname
Synonyms
- (coincidental): (Hokkien) 千 (chhian)
Compounds
- 七巧板 (qīqiǎobǎn)
- 不巧 (bùqiǎo)
- 丟巧針 / 丢巧针
- 乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
- 乞巧 (qǐqiǎo)
- 佻巧
- 使巧兒 / 使巧儿
- 來得巧 / 来得巧
- 偏巧
- 偷巧 (tōuqiǎo)
- 剛巧 / 刚巧 (gāngqiǎo)
- 取巧 (qǔqiǎo)
- 可巧 (kěqiǎo)
- 善巧便佞
- 嘗巧 / 尝巧
- 嘴尖舌巧
- 因緣巧合 / 因缘巧合
- 因難見巧 / 因难见巧
- 堅巧 / 坚巧
- 大巧若拙
- 天緣巧合 / 天缘巧合
- 天緣湊巧 / 天缘凑巧
- 奇巧 (qíqiǎo)
- 奇技淫巧 (qíjìyínqiǎo)
- 奸巧
- 嬝娜纖巧 / 袅娜纤巧
- 小巧 (xiǎoqiǎo)
- 小巧玲瓏 / 小巧玲珑 (xiǎoqiǎolínglóng)
- 工巧 (gōngqiǎo)
- 巧不可階 / 巧不可阶
- 巧丸
- 巧主兒 / 巧主儿
- 巧了
- 巧事 (qiǎoshì)
- 巧作
- 巧佞
- 巧偷豪奪 / 巧偷豪夺
- 巧克力 (qiǎokèlì)
- 巧勁兒 / 巧劲儿
- 巧匠 (qiǎojiàng)
- 巧取
- 巧取豪奪 / 巧取豪夺 (qiǎoqǔháoduó)
- 巧合 (qiǎohé)
- 巧同造化
- 巧嘴
- 巧固球 (qiǎogùqiú)
- 巧夕
- 巧奪天工 / 巧夺天工 (qiǎoduótiāngōng)
- 巧妙 (qiǎomiào)
- 巧婦 / 巧妇
- 巧宦
- 巧工
- 巧思 (qiǎosī)
- 巧手 (qiǎoshǒu)
- 巧拙 (qiǎozhuó)
- 巧故
- 巧曆 / 巧历
- 巧果 (qiǎoguǒ)
- 巧當兒 / 巧当儿
- 巧發奇中 / 巧发奇中
- 巧立名目 (qiǎolìmíngmù)
- 巧笑
- 巧笑倩兮
- 巧舌
- 巧若生成
- 巧藝 / 巧艺
- 巧言 (qiǎoyán)
- 巧言令色 (qiǎoyánlìngsè)
- 巧言利口
- 巧言善色
- 巧言如流 (qiǎoyán rú liú)
- 巧言如簧
- 巧言舌辯 / 巧言舌辩
- 巧計 / 巧计 (qiǎojì)
- 巧詐 / 巧诈 (qiǎozhà)
- 巧話 / 巧话
- 巧說 / 巧说
- 巧語花言 / 巧语花言
- 巧諛 / 巧谀
- 巧辯 / 巧辩 (qiǎobiàn)
- 巧遇 (qiǎoyù)
- 弄巧反拙
- 弄巧成拙 (nòngqiǎochéngzhuō)
- 心靈手巧 / 心灵手巧
- 恰巧 (qiàqiǎo)
- 慧心巧思
- 慧心巧手
- 技巧 (jìqiǎo)
- 投機取巧 / 投机取巧 (tóujīqǔqiǎo)
- 新巧
- 智巧 (zhìqiǎo)
- 機巧 / 机巧 (jīqiǎo)
- 機緣巧合 / 机缘巧合 (jīyuánqiǎohé)
- 機緣湊巧 / 机缘凑巧 (jīyuáncòuqiǎo)
- 正巧 (zhèngqiǎo)
- 淫巧
- 深文巧劾
- 深文巧詆 / 深文巧诋
- 湊巧 / 凑巧 (còuqiǎo)
- 無巧不成書 / 无巧不成书 (wúqiǎobùchéngshū)
- 熟能生巧 (shúnéngshēngqiǎo)
- 甘言巧辭 / 甘言巧辞
- 百巧千窮 / 百巧千穷
- 百巧成窮 / 百巧成穷
- 碰巧 (pèngqiǎo)
- 祈巧
- 窮妙極巧 / 穷妙极巧
- 窮工極巧 / 穷工极巧
- 精巧 (jīngqiǎo)
- 細巧 / 细巧
- 綿密小巧 / 绵密小巧
- 繆巧 / 缪巧
- 纖巧 / 纤巧 (xiānqiǎo)
- 能工巧匠
- 舞文巧法
- 舞文巧詆 / 舞文巧诋
- 花言巧語 / 花言巧语 (huāyánqiǎoyǔ)
- 花貓巧嘴 / 花猫巧嘴
- 討巧 / 讨巧 (tǎoqiǎo)
- 豪奪巧取 / 豪夺巧取
- 趕巧 / 赶巧 (gǎnqiǎo)
- 輕巧 / 轻巧 (qīngqiǎo)
- 辭巧理拙 / 辞巧理拙
- 靈巧 / 灵巧 (língqiǎo)
- 鬥巧 / 斗巧
- 鬥巧爭奇 / 斗巧争奇
- 齊巧 / 齐巧 (qíqiǎo)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: kiu2
- Yale: kíu
- Cantonese Pinyin: kiu2
- Guangdong Romanization: kiu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiːu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: kiau2
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰiau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
巧
Compounds
Etymology 3
Pronunciation borrowed from Mandarin 好 (hǎo), tone from Cantonese 好 (hou2).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: haau2
- Yale: háau
- Cantonese Pinyin: haau2
- Guangdong Romanization: hao2
- Sinological IPA (key): /haːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Definitions
巧
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Japanese
Kanji
巧
- clever, skillful
Readings
Etymology 1
Proper noun
- a male given name
Etymology 2
Proper noun
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
巧 (eumhun 공교할 교 (gonggyohal gyo))
Compounds
- 교묘 (巧妙, gyomyo, “ingenuity, skill, cleverness”)
- 정교 (精巧, jeonggyo, “elaborateness, delicateness, exquisiteness”)
- 기묘 (技巧, gimyo, “technique, technical ability, finesse, skill”)
Vietnamese
Han character
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