巧

巧 — adroit, skilled, ingenuity

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 5
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1537 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: こう kou
Kun'yomi: たく.み taku.mi

たく.む taku.mu

うま.い uma.i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 巧

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