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拙
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #1938

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

On'yomi (音読み)

セツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つたな.い

Radical (部首)

手 hand te

Others with this radical

手 持 指 投 打 提 挙 援 担 技 撃 推

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

拙速 せっそく rough-and-ready; knocked-up
拙守 せっしゅ poor defense; poor defence
稚拙 ちせつ unskillful; childish
巧拙 こうせつ skill; workmanship
拙劣 せつれつ clumsy; unskillful
巧遅拙速 こうちせっそく better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent
拙速主義 せっそくしゅぎ slapdash approach; rough-and-ready method
迂拙 うせつ poor and careless way of living
拙論 せつろん poor argument
拙 せつ poor; unskillful

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

巧詐は拙誠に如かず こうさはせっせいにしかず better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive
巧遅は拙速に如かず こうちはせっそくにしかず it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate
巧と拙 こうとせつ skillfulness and clumsiness
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