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巧 kanji
adroit, skilled, ingenuity
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
コウ
Kun readings
たくみたくむうまい
Words with 巧
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —巧と拙skillfulness and clumsiness
- —見巧者experienced viewer (of theatre, kabuki, etc.); kabuki connoisseur
- —乞巧奠Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
- —巧言令色flattery; honeyed words
- —巧を誇るto be of excellent workmanship
- —巧遅拙速better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent
- —精妙巧緻exquisite and elaborate
- —大胆巧妙bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly
- —試合巧者experienced player; tricky player
- —聞き巧者being a good listener; good listener
- —奇技淫巧ingenious but pointless trick; artifice for its own sake
- —巧手expert; skillful person; good move (in shogi, go, etc.); clever move
- —利巧clever; intelligent; bright; smart; wise; sensible; shrewd; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
- —悧巧clever; intelligent; bright; smart; wise; sensible; shrewd; well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
- —巧利utility
- —巧走good run; fine running; running well
- —巧咲courteous laughter; forced laughter
- —お利巧well-behaved (esp. of children and pets); obedient; good
- —聞巧者being a good listener; good listener
- —聴き巧者being a good listener; good listener