Kanji N2

技: skill, art, craft

技 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning skill, art, craft, written with 7 strokes. It is read ギ (on) and わざ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 技術 (ぎじゅつ, technology) and 競技 (きょうぎ, game).

技

Meanings

  • skill
  • art
  • craft
  • ability
  • feat
  • performance
  • vocation
  • arts
Strokes7
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#434 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ギ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • わざ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 7. Start at the dot.

Common words with 技

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 技術ぎじゅつ

    technology; engineering

    JLPT N4
  • 競技きょうぎ

    game; match; contest; competition; sport

    JLPT N3
  • 演技えんぎ

    acting; performance

    JLPT N3
  • 技師ぎし

    engineer; technical officer

    JLPT N3
  • 技わざ

    technique; art; skill; move

    JLPT N1
  • 技能ぎのう

    technical skill; ability; capacity

    JLPT N1
  • 特技とくぎ

    special skill

    JLPT N1
  • 国技こくぎ

    national sport

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.