Word Meaning 巧妙

こうみょう koumyou

巧妙 is read as こうみょう (koumyou) and means ingenious.

Meaning

English

  1. ingenious
  2. skillful
  3. clever
  4. deft

Reading

Kana

こうみょう

Romaji

koumyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 拙劣,稚拙 Rank 6036 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大胆巧妙

だいたんこうみょう

bold and clever

精妙巧緻

せいみょうこうち

exquisite and elaborate

巧み

たくみ

plot

巧者

こうしゃ

clever person (in a particular field)

巧拙

こうせつ

skill

微妙

びみょう

not great

みょう

cleverness

奇妙

きみょう

strange

神妙

しんみょう

mysterious

絶妙

ぜつみょう

exquisite

軽妙

けいみょう

light and easy

精妙

せいみょう

exquisite

Example Sentences

7

かれはこうみょうないいわけをした。

He made a clever excuse.

こうみょうなてぐちでだまされた。

I was deceived by a clever trick.

てきはこうみょうなわなをしかけた。

The enemy set a clever trap.

The cochlea implant is a technically ingenious device.

They're cleverly changing how we perceive them.

Posing on a fake account is a clever trick to put your parents' minds at ease.

Near the bed, the composite aluminium robot, with a human shape and with a rubber skin, cleverly painted to resemble human skin, glued to its body, was standing naked.