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巧 = 工 + 丂

巧 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “adroit”. It is built from 工 (craft) and 丂 (snare). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1329.

Keyword
adroit
RTK frame
1329
Strokes
5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
たく.み, たく.む, うま.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
ловкий
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
巧 skillful

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 工 craft
  2. 丂 snare

How to find 巧 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “craft” + “snare”. 巧 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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