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拙 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
準2High school level ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
セツせつ · setsu
Kun
つたな.いtsutana.i
Meaning
clumsy; unskilful

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus coming out: work that comes out just as it will — unpolished, clumsy.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセツせつsetsu拙劣せつれつ拙速せっそく巧拙こうせつ
Kunつたないtsutanai拙いつたない

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 拙速せっそく

    rough but quick

  • 巧拙こうせつ

    skill or lack of it

More words with this kanji

  • 笨拙ほんせつ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

拙(つたな)い文章(ぶんしょう)で申(もう)し訳(わけ)ありません。

I apologise for my clumsy writing.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

巧拙拙速拙巧skilfu…速fast扶aid把grasp抄extrac…披open拐kidnap窃steal切to cut折to fol…泄to lea…刹temple
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading セツAll maps

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