Chinese Character 巧 Meanings and components.

Form

巧

Meaning

巧 meaning^[3] in English

Opportunely.

Coincidentally.

As It Happens.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 巧 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are work (工) , and 'breath' or 'sigh' … (丂)

Its radical^[1] is: 工 (gong1) which means: Work, Worker, Skill, Profession, Trade, Craft, Labor, .工gong1work

In cangjie it is written with MMVS

How to write 巧

To write巧qiao3opportunely you should write a combination of 工gong1work , 丂kao3'breath' or … arranged in a 吅 shape:

工 + 丂 = 巧

巧 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 巧 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 巧, looks as follow:

巧

Pinyin:qiao3 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: Opportunely . Coincidentally . As It Happens . Skillful . Timely

工

Pinyin:gong1

Meaning^[3]: Work . Worker . Skill . Profession . Trade . Craft . Labor

丂

Pinyin:kao3 Shape:一

Meaning^[3]: 'Breath' Or 'Sigh' Component In Chinese Characters

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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