巧 (qiǎo) — Chinese Character

巧

qiǎo

opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely

Radical: 工 HSK 3 a, ad pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

巧 decomposes into the following components:

工丂

Semantic component: 工; phonetic component: 丂.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 巧.

不巧

bù qiǎo

乖巧

guāi qiǎo

偏巧

piān qiǎo

凑巧

còu qiǎo

刚巧

gāng qiǎo

取巧

qǔ qiǎo

可巧

kě qiǎo

小巧

xiǎo qiǎo

巧了

qiǎo le

巧人

qiǎo rén

巧匠

qiǎo jiàng

巧合

qiǎo hé

Characters that share the radical 工.

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