佼

8 strokes
Kentei exam level Pre-1

beautiful, clever, deceive, sly

Kun'yomi
  • こうす
  • うつくしい
On'yomi
  • キョウ
  • コウ

Main Radical

人(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

beautiful, clever, deceive
キョウ　コウ　こう.す (Kentei Pre-1)
human radical (no. 9)
mingle, mixing, association
コウ　-か.う　まじ.わる (2nd, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
father
ちち　フ (2nd, N5)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Common Words

りっ
立
しょう
正
こう
佼
せい
成
かい
会
Rissho Kosei-kai (offshoot of Nichiren-Buddhism founded in 1938)
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References

Unicode hex code 4F7C
JIS X 0208 1-24-83
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 175
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2109
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 552
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 570
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a6.16
Four corner code 2024.8