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1.

Animated Stroke Order 巧

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How to write 巧 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 巧

巧 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

巧

工work or artisan

丂bend or breath

巧=

4.

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5.

How to Use 巧

Coincidence or happening by chance

In these words, 巧 conveys the sense of 'by chance' or 'coincidentally'.

恰巧 • qià qiǎo • fortunately; as chance would have it • HSK 6

HSK 6

6.

HSK Vocabulary: 巧

巧克力 • qiǎo kè lì • chocolate

HSK 4

qiǎo巧

kè

7.

Example Sentences

tā他

qiǎo巧

miào妙

dì地

jiě解

jué决

le

Information

Pinyinqiǎo

Meaningskillful, ingenious, clever

Strokes5

Radical工

Traditional巧

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#793

Zhuyinㄑㄧㄠˇ

UnicodeU+5DE7

CangjieMMVS

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工work or artisan

+丂bend or breath

A skilled artisan (工) who can bend or adapt (丂) — skill or cleverness.

qià恰

qiǎo巧

fortunately; as chance would have it

碰巧 • pèng qiǎo • happen to / by chance • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

pèng碰

qiǎo巧

happen to / by chance

巧合 • qiǎo hé • Coincidence / Accidental • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

qiǎo巧

hé合

Coincidence / Accidental

Ingenuity or skillfulness

In these words, 巧 conveys the sense of 'skillful', 'clever', or 'ingenious'.

巧妙 • qiǎo miào • ingenious; clever • HSK 5

HSK 5

qiǎo巧

miào妙

ingenious; clever

技巧 • jì qiǎo • skill; technique • HSK 6

HSK 6

jì技

qiǎo巧

skill; technique

灵巧 • líng qiǎo • clever / nimble • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

líng灵

qiǎo巧

clever / nimble

克

lì力

chocolate

乖巧 • guāi qiǎo • Obedient

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

guāi乖

qiǎo巧

Obedient

凑巧 • còu qiǎo • Fortuitous

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

còu凑

qiǎo巧

Fortuitous

精巧 • jīng qiǎo • ingenious

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

jīng精

qiǎo巧

ingenious

心灵手巧 • xīn líng shǒu qiǎo • dexterous / skillful

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

xīn心

líng灵

shǒu手

qiǎo巧

dexterous / skillful

了

zhè这

ge个

nán难

tí题

。

He ingeniously solved this difficult problem.

tā她

de的

shǒu手

hěn很

qiǎo巧

，

huì会

zuò做

hěn很

duō多

xiǎo小

dōng东

xi西

。

Her hands are very skillful; she can make many small things.

wǒ我

men们

zài在

jī机

chǎng场

xiāng相

yù遇

chún纯

shǔ属

qiǎo巧

hé合

。

Meeting at the airport was a pure coincidence.

wǒ我

pèng碰

qiǎo巧

kàn看

jiàn见

yī一

zhī只

māo猫

。

I happened to see a cat.

Zhè这

ge个

xiāng箱

zi子

hěn很

qīng轻

qiǎo巧

。

This box is very light.

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