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巧

巧 U+5DE7, 巧
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DE7
← 左
[U+5DE6] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 巨 →
[U+5DE8]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (丂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丂 *kʰluːʔ
攷 *kʰluːʔ
考 *kʰluːʔ
烤 *kʰluːʔ
拷 *kʰluːʔ
栲 *kʰluːʔ
洘 *kʰluːʔ
銬 *kʰluːs
巧 *kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs
朽 *qʰluʔ

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

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 巧

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • khá - vernacular (“rare but exquisite; fake; cunning”);
  • khiáu - vernacular (“ingenious; cunning; skillful; pretty”);
  • kháu - literary.
Note:
  • ka2 - vernacular;
  • kiao2/kiou2 - literary (kiou5 - Chaozhou).
Rime
Character 巧 巧
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 肴 (90) 肴 (90)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) II II
Fanqie 苦絞切 苦敎切
Baxter khaewX khaewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰˠauX/ /kʰˠauH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰᵚauX/ /kʰᵚauH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰauX/ /kʰauH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰaɨwX/ /kʰaɨwH/
Li
Rong 		/kʰauX/ /kʰauH/
Wang
Li 		/kʰauX/ /kʰauH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰauX/ /kʰauH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qiǎo qiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		haau2 haau3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 巧
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		qiǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ khæwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[kʰ]ˁruʔ/
English artful

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 巧 巧
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7410 7411
Phonetic
component 		丂 丂
Rime
group 		幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		巧 敲
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰruːʔ/ /*kʰruːs/

Definitions

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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
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of 便宜 (“cheap”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 便宜, 低廉, 低賤
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 便宜, 賤
Taiwan 便宜
Harbin 便宜, 賤
Malaysia 便宜
Singapore 便宜
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 便宜, 賤
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 便宜, 賤
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 便宜, 賤
Wanrong 便宜, 賤
Xi'an 便宜, 賤
Xining 便宜
Xuzhou 便宜, 賤
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 便宜
Lanzhou 便宜
Ürümqi 便宜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 相因, 便宜
Wuhan 便宜, 相因
Guiyang 相因
Liuzhou 便宜
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 便宜
Yangzhou 便宜, 划廉
Nantong 便宜
Hefei 巧, 便宜
Cantonese Guangzhou 平
Hong Kong 平
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 平
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 平
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 平
Macau 平
Guangzhou (Panyu) 平
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 平
Guangzhou (Conghua) 平
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 平
Foshan 平
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 平
Foshan (Shunde) 平
Foshan (Sanshui) 平
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 便宜, 平
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 平
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 平
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 平
Zhuhai (Doumen) 平
Jiangmen (Baisha) 平
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 平
Taishan 平
Kaiping (Chikan) 平
Enping (Niujiang) 平
Heshan (Yayao) 平
Dongguan 平
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 平
Qingyuan 平
Fogang 平
Yingde (Hanguang) 平
Yangshan 平, 便宜
Lianshan (Butian) 平
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 平宜
Shaoguan 平
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 平
Renhua 平, 抵得
Lechang 平
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 平
Sihui 平
Guangning 平枯
Deqing 平
Huaiji 平
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 平
Yunfu 平
Xinxing 平
Luoding 平
Yunan (Pingtai) 平
Yangjiang 平, 平宜
Nanning 平
Yulin 平
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 平
Singapore (Guangfu) 平
Gan Nanchang 便宜
Lichuan 便宜
Pingxiang 便宜
Hakka Meixian 便宜, 平
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 便宜, 平
Dongguan (Qingxi) 平
Boluo (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 平
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 平
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 平
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 便宜
Wuhua (Huacheng) 便宜, 平
Wuhua (Changbu) 平
Wuhua (Mianyang) 便宜
Heyuan (Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 便宜
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 平, 便宜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 便宜
Jiexi 便宜
Yudu 便宜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 便宜
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 便宜
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 便宜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 便宜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 便宜
Hong Kong 平
Sabah (Longchuan) 便宜
Senai (Huiyang) 便宜
Singkawang 便宜
Huizhou Jixi 便宜
Jin Taiyuan 便宜, 賤
Xinzhou 便宜, 賤
Northern Min Jian'ou 便宜
Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) 便宜
Songxi 便宜
Zhenghe 便宜
Shunchang (Yangdun) 平
Jianyang 平
Wuyishan 平
Pucheng (Shibei) 便宜
Eastern Min Fuzhou 便宜, 賤
Matsu 便宜
Southern Min Xiamen 俗, 便宜
Quanzhou 俗, 便宜
Zhangzhou 俗, 便宜
Taipei 俗
New Taipei (Sanxia) 俗
Kaohsiung 俗
Yilan 俗, 便宜
Changhua (Lukang) 俗
Taichung 俗
Taichung (Wuqi) 俗
Tainan 俗
Taitung 俗
Hsinchu 俗
Kinmen 俗
Penghu (Magong) 俗, 便宜
Penang (Hokkien) 便宜
Singapore (Hokkien) 偏
Manila (Hokkien) 俗
Chaozhou 便
Shantou 便
Jieyang 便
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 便
Singapore (Teochew) 便
Wenchang 便宜
Haikou 便宜
Qionghai 便宜
Singapore (Hainanese) 便宜
Puxian Min Putian 相因
Xianyou 相因
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 平
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 平
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 平
Wu Shanghai 便宜, 𠼢
Shanghai (Chongming) 便宜, 𠼢
Suzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Danyang 便宜, 賤
Hangzhou 便宜, 𠼢
Ningbo 便宜, 𠼢
Wenzhou 鬆, 便宜
Jinhua 便宜, 賤
Xiang Changsha 便宜
Loudi 便宜
Shuangfeng 便宜, 賤
Dialectal synonyms of 聰明 (“clever; intelligent; smart; bright”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 聰明, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 聰明, 機靈, 伶俐, 聰敏, 聰穎, 聰慧
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 聰明
Taiwan 聰明
Malaysia 聰明
Singapore 聰明
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 聰明
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 靈, 靈醒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 精靈, 聰明
Wuhan 聰明
Guilin 聰明
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 聰明
Hefei 聰明
Cantonese Guangzhou 聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
Hong Kong 聰明, 醒, 醒目, 叻, 精
Taishan 聰明, 叻, 參
Kaiping (Chikan) 叻
Yangjiang 伶俐, 叻
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 精, 扮𠮨
Singapore (Guangfu) 聰明, 精, 叻, 醒目, 扮𠮨
Gan Nanchang 精靈, 聰明
Hakka Meixian 聰明, 機靈
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 聰明
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 聰明
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 聰明
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 聰明, 精
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 聰明, 精
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 聰明
Kuching (Hepo) 將
Jin Taiyuan 機靈, 聰明
Northern Min Jian'ou 聰明
Eastern Min Fuzhou 聰明
Southern Min Xiamen 聰明
Quanzhou 聰明, 骨, 骨鳥 derogatory
Zhangzhou 聰明
Taipei 聰明, 巧, 明白
Singapore (Hokkien) 聰明, 𠢕, 勥, 醒目, 巧
Manila (Hokkien) 巧, 勥, 𠢕
Chaozhou 聰明
Singapore (Teochew) 聰明
Wenchang 精
Singapore (Hainanese) 精
Wu Suzhou 聰明
Ningbo 聰明
Wenzhou 靈, 聰明
Xiang Changsha 靈泛, 聰明
Shuangfeng 聰明

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Etymology 2

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 巧
alternative forms 蹺／跷
竅／窍
橋／桥
嘺／𪡀
𫣹

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Pronunciation

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巧

  1. (Cantonese) opportune; coincidental

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Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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巧

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, leetspeak or sarcastic) Alternative form of 好
    巧威威 [Cantonese]  ―  haau2 wai1 wai1 [Jyutping]  ―  very awesome (sarcastic)

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Kanji

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巧

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. clever, skillful

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
巧
たく(み)
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Proper noun

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巧(たくみ) • (Takumi) 

  1. a male given name

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
巧
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Proper noun

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巧(こう) • (Kō) ←かう (Kau)?

  1. a male given name

Korean

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Hanja

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巧 (eumhun 공교할 교 (gonggyohal gyo))

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

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Han character

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巧: Hán Nôm readings: xảo

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