The kanji 拙: meaning, readings and stroke order

拙

Meaning: clumsy, poor
On reading: セツ setsu
Kun reading: つたな（い） tsutanai
Strokes: 8
Radical: 手 hand
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vụng về (chuyết)
Japanese: へた。つたない。
Korean: 서툴다, 졸렬하다 (졸)
Chinese: 笨拙、拙劣

Readings, words and example sentences

セツ setsu · on reading · less common

拙せつ速そく
fast but rough (work)
巧遅より 拙せつ速そくがよいこともあります。
Sometimes fast but rough is better than slow but perfect.

つたな（い） tsutanai · kun reading · less common

拙つたない
clumsy, poor (in skill)
拙つたない 字ですが書きました。
My handwriting is poor, but I wrote it anyway.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.