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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qiao3
- English meanings
- clever, intelligent, skillful, ingenious, artful, deceiving, pretty, cute, opportune, fortuitous, coincidental
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 工; right 丂.
Meaning & sound clues
工 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “work”.
丂 is identified as the sound component (kǎo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 巧.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
tall; disguise; surname Qiao
overseas Chinese
pretty; smart
steep; precipitous
quiet; stealthily
to lift
to hit
fret
see
opening; knack
outstanding
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Related words
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- 乖巧
- 凑巧
- 巧克力
- 巧合
- 巧妙
- 心灵手巧
- 恰巧
- 技巧
- 灵巧
- 碰巧