拙
拙 — Bungling
bungling, clumsy, unskillful
On’yomiセツ (setsu)
Kun’yomiつたない (tsutanai)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 拙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拙速 | せっそく sessoku | rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty |
| 稚拙 | ちせつ chisetsu | unskillful; childish; immature |
| 拙守 | せっしゅ sesshu | poor defense; poor defence |
| 巧拙 | こうせつ kousetsu | skill; workmanship; dexterity |
| 拙劣 | せつれつ setsuretsu | clumsy; unskillful |
Study notes
拙 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1938 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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