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精巧

精巧

Chinese

 
energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient
 
opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely
simp. and trad.
(精巧)

Adjective

精巧

  1. exquisite; elaborate; fine

Japanese

Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 5
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 精巧 (t͡siᴇŋ kʰˠauX).

Pronunciation

Adjective

精巧 (-na inflection, hiragana せいこう, romaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

  1. elaborate, delicate, exquisite

Inflection

Noun

精巧 (hiragana せいこう, romaji seikō, historical hiragana せいかう)

  1. elaborateness, delicateness, exquisiteness

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3