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巧 Cleverness - Japanese Dictionary Lookup
巧
English: Cleverness
Onyomi:
コウ
Kunyomi:
たくみ
たくむ
うまい
Nanori: かつ, たくみ, よし
Romaji:
kou
kou
takumi
takumu
umai
Radical: 工
Kanji: 巧 (5 Strokes)
JLPT Level: JLPT 1
Frequency Rank: 1537
Part of Speech: noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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Different Meanings:

Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

こう :: 巧 Cleverness

こう :: 巧 Skillfulness

こう :: 巧 Skilfulness

しあいこうしゃ :: 試合巧者 Tricky player

しあいこうしゃ :: 試合巧者 Experienced player

きっこうでん :: 乞巧奠 Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)

ことばたくみ :: ことば巧み Glibness

ことばたくみ :: ことば巧み Deceitful words

ことばたくみ :: ことば巧み Skillful words

ことばたくみ :: 言葉巧み Glibness

ことばたくみ :: 言葉巧み Deceitful words

ことばたくみ :: 言葉巧み Skillful words

みごうしゃ :: 見巧者 Kabuki connoisseur

みごうしゃ :: 見巧者 Experienced viewer (of theatre, kabuki, etc.)

こうしょう :: 巧咲 Forced laughter

こうしょう :: 巧咲 Courteous laughter

こうしょう :: 巧笑 Forced laughter

こうしょう :: 巧笑 Courteous laughter

くぎょうみょう :: 工巧明 Silpasthanavidya (ancient Indian study of the arts, incl. mathematics and mechanics)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

こうちはせっそくにしかず :: 巧遅は拙速に如かず It's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate

こうさはせっせいにしかず :: 巧詐は拙誠に如かず Better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

たくまざる :: 巧まざる Guileless

たくまざる :: 巧まざる Artless

たくまざる :: 巧まざる Natural

こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん :: 巧言令色すくなし仁 Those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion

こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん :: 巧言令色少なし仁 Those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion

こうげんれいしょくすくなしじん :: 巧言令色鮮し仁 Those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

おりこう :: お利巧 Good

おりこう :: お利巧 Obedient

おりこう :: お利巧 Well-behaved (esp. of children and pets)

Using 巧 in sentences:

(Japanese) 巧妙にイメージがすり替えられている。

(English) The image is being cleverly replaced.

(Japanese) 裏アカに見せかけて、親を安心させるとは、巧妙な手口ね。

(English) Posing on a fake account is a clever trick to put your parents' minds at ease.

(Japanese) 彼はギターが巧いのよ。

(English) He plays the guitar well.

(Japanese) 迷子になった子供を見つけるには、老巧な追跡者が必要です。

(English) It takes a seasoned tracker to find a lost child.

(Japanese) 日本人は魚の骨を巧みに取ることを親から教わります。

(English)

How do you say Cleverness in Japanese?

Answer: 巧

How many kanji strokes does 巧 have?

Answer: 5

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