Kanji
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
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