漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
技: skill, art
Also: craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts
JLPT N27 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 支 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ギgi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 技術ぎじゅつtechnique
- 技能ぎのうtechnical skill
- 技巧ぎこうskill, technique, craftsmanship
- 特技とくぎspecial skill
- 競技きょうぎgame, match
- 演技するえんぎするact, perform
わざwaza · kun'yomi · on its own
- 技わざart, technique
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 hand, as 扌 (meaning) + 支 (sound)
Skill with one’s hands, artisan.
Source: Wiktionary, 技 (rev. 92200532), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hand (扌) + branch/support (支). The "support" and dexterity of a "hand" using tools or techniques—the essence of specialized "skill."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side技 skill · 支
vs抜 slip out · 友In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jì
Same form: 技 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 技 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 技 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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