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巧 (adroit, skilled, ingenuity)

  • JLPT N1
  • 5 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 工
  • #1537 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
コウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
たく.みたく.むうま.い

Example words & Vocabulary

巧みたくみ
skill, cleverness
巧妙こうみょう
ingenious, skillful, clever, deft
精巧せいこう
elaborate, delicate, exquisite

Example sentences 3

巧言令色こうげんれいしょく少すくなし仁じん。

Fair words butter no parsnips.

ビルは論争ろんそうが巧たくみだ。

Bill is skillful in arguing and debating.

彼かれは、話術わじゅつが巧たくみだ。

He has a good art of talking.

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