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拙

拙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セツJHS
Kun (native)
  • つたな(い)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhuo2
  • 拼音zhuo1
  • 한글jol
  • Hán-ViệtChuyết

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
手(て)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+62D9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰扌出

Words using this kanji

  • 拙速せっそく(積極的評価)質は万全ではないが、仕事、処理などが速いこと。 (消極的評価)仕事、処理などが速いだけで、品質が劣ること。rough-and-ready, knocked-up, hasty, slipshod
  • 拙劣せつれつ下手で劣っていること。clumsy, unskillful
  • 拙守せっしゅまずい守備。poor defense, poor defence
  • 拙せつ（セツ）得意でない事、苦手。 （セツ・セチ:古風、しばしば滑稽。明治期以降は職人・芸人・幇間の自称や遊里における用語）自称に用いる。poor, unskillful, clumsy, I
  • 拙いつたないpoor-quality, shoddy, crude, unskillful
  • 拙悪せつあく拙劣で粗悪であること。poor (tasting), low quality, bad situation
  • 拙策せっさくまずい策略。 自分の策略を謙遜した語。poor policy, poor plan, unwise measure, (one's own) plan
  • 拙者せっしゃ（もとは武士が）自らを謙遜した語。わたくし。拙子。I, me
  • 拙著せっちょmy book, my (humble) work, a little thing of mine
  • 拙文せつぶん下手な文章。 自分が書いた文章の謙譲語。poor writing
  • 拙宅せったく自宅を謙遜していう語。小宅。one's home, one's humble abode
  • 拙作せっさくまずい作品や製作。 自分の作品を謙遜する語。poor work, humble reference to one's own work
  • 拙技せつぎ下手な技術や技芸。poor skill, (one's own) skill
  • 拙筆せっぴつpoor handwriting, humble reference to one's own handwriting
  • 拙稿せっこう拙い原稿。 自分が作成した原稿の謙譲語。my manuscript
  • 拙論せつろん稚拙な議論や理論。 自分の議論や理論についての謙譲語。poor argument, my argument
  • 拙僧せっそう僧侶が自分のことを指す謙譲語。I, as a mere priest, this humble servant of Buddha
  • 拙訳せつやく下手な翻訳やその文章。 自分の翻訳や訳文についての謙譲語。poor translation, clumsy translation, my translation
  • 拙意せついmy thoughts, my opinions, my feelings
  • 拙句せっくunskilled haiku poem, clumsy haiku

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
5207.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3c5.11
Heisig
831
Nelson
1880