技 – skill, art, craft

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The kanji 技 means skill, art, craft, ability, feat, performance, vocation, arts. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ (gi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is わざ (waza). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギ	gi
Kun’yomi	わざ	waza

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 支・扎・又・十.

Words using 技

技術ぎじゅつtechnology演技えんぎacting技師ぎしengineer競技きょうぎgame技わざtechnique特技とくぎspecial skill技能ぎのうtechnical skill

Example sentences

私は彼の運転の技術は素晴らしいと思う。

I admire his skill at driving.

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ケイトが演技を磨くために注ぐ力を邪魔する物は、何もありませんでした。

Nothing could hinder Kate from using all her energy to polish her performances.

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トムは電気技師です。

Tom is an electrical engineer.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担撃推接授摘批捜

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.