器用
きよう · kiyou · JLPT N3 · na-adj
skillful
🛠️ 器 tool + 用 use = good at using tools, so skillful and handy
器 means a vessel or tool, and by extension a person's capacity; 用 means use. Someone who is 器用 handles tools and tasks deftly. Add 不 (not) and you get 不器用, which means clumsy.
用 — pictograph of a bucket or wooden pail
用 originally depicted a bucket or container, possibly a sacrificial vessel made of wood. Over time it was borrowed to mean 'to use' or 'employ,' losing its concrete object sense. The modern meaning 'use' has been standard since early classical Chinese.