技巧
jìqiǎo · HSK 4
superior skill
🛠️ 技 = skill-hand + 巧 = clever craft
技 combines 扌(hand) with 支 (branch/support), meaning a skill done by hand. 巧 means clever or ingenious. Together: a clever hand-skill, i.e. technique or knack.
巧 — 工 (work) + 丂 (breath/exhalation phonetic)
巧 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left 工 (work, craft) gives the meaning, pointing to skilled craftsmanship, while the right 丂 supplies the sound. From 'skilled handiwork' the meaning broadened to 'clever, ingenious,' and later to 'coincidental' as in 凑巧.