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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 巧

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
巧 qiǎo - opportunely
- coincidentally
- as it happens
- skillful
- timely

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 3 3,152 5,707 3,711

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 工 丂

Radical:

工

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

丂

Semantic:

工

Hint:

Work

Other Words Containing 巧

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
巧克力 4 4 1,612 4,394 1,570
技巧 6 4 2,840 4,868 4,151
巧合 - 7 3,107 11,361 8,944
巧 - 3 3,152 5,707 3,711
碰巧 - 7 4,029 26,121 17,462
巧妙 5 6 9,817 8,173 8,574
凑巧 - 8 11,837 29,761 29,395
恰巧 6 8 11,997 20,855 20,308
正巧 - - 12,921 27,380 26,487
不巧 - - 14,077 29,177 22,374
小巧 - - 16,601 11,771 11,697
轻巧 - - 16,935 19,864 21,722
精巧 - - 17,467 20,244 23,307
灵巧 - 8 17,721 24,261 27,483
刚巧 - - 19,084 47,345 31,335
熟能生巧 - - 25,962 73,238 47,258
投机取巧 - - 28,858 42,501 33,220
乖巧 - 9 29,270 18,634 12,357
弄巧成拙 - - 33,037 49,400 43,007
巧舌如簧 - - 36,475 88,983 74,984
巧手 - - 39,414 42,621 30,891
讨巧 - - 45,012 61,472 50,053
巧妇 - - 46,490 102,070 80,116
花言巧语 - - 46,779 37,984 24,147
心灵手巧 - 9 46,879 42,954 20,712
手巧 - - 49,527 77,487 41,932
小巧玲珑 - - 50,792 45,717 41,389
七巧板 - - 53,043 97,137 64,813
巧计 - - 56,069 - -
偏巧 - - 57,450 78,364 84,626
取巧 - - 66,531 62,111 61,378
巧匠 - - 86,363 87,648 79,441
巧思 - - 87,678 67,839 42,048
巧辩 - - 88,243 - 84,320