巧

巧 (Kangxi radical 48, 工+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一一女尸 (MMVS), four-corner 1112₇, composition ⿰工丂)

• 㚽 𢫚 㤍 𤇤 𧊌 𥬤 𥿣 䛒 𨥿 𨾢 𩈎 𩿸 䲾
• 𫩟 𭩣 𬰗 𫶱
• 窍 (Simplified form of 竅)

• 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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs) : semantic 工 + phonetic 丂 (OC *kʰluːʔ)

巧

1. skill; technique
2. ingenious; skillful
3. hypocritical; fake; cunning
4. exquisite; elaborate
5. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) pretty; beautiful
6. opportune; coincidental

   真是太巧了！  ―  Zhēnshì tài qiǎo le!  ―  What a coincidence!

7. fortunately; by chance
8. (Hefei Mandarin) cheap
9. (～日) (telegraphy) the eighteenth day of a month
10. a surname

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

巧

1. (Cantonese) opportune; coincidental

Pronunciation borrowed from Mandarin 好 (hǎo), tone from Cantonese 好 (hou2).

巧

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) Alternative form of 好

   巧威威 [Cantonese]  ―  haau² wai¹ wai¹   ―  very awesome (sarcastic)

(Jōyō kanji)

1. clever, skillful

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: うまい (umai, 巧い)、たくみ (takumi, 巧み, Jōyō)、たくむ (takumu, 巧む)、さとい (satoi)

巧(たくみ) • (Takumi) 

1. a male given name

巧(こう) • (Kō) ^{←かう (Kau)?}

1. a male given name

巧 (eumhun 공교할 교 (gonggyohal gyo))

1. hanja form^? of 교 (“skillful, ingenious, clever”)

• 교묘 (巧妙, gyomyo, “ingenuity, skill, cleverness”)
• 정교 (精巧, jeonggyo, “elaborateness, delicateness, exquisiteness”)
• 기묘 (技巧, gimyo, “technique, technical ability, finesse, skill”)

巧: Hán Nôm readings: xảo

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