拙
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awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 手 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 拙
- Common rank
- #1,918
- Unicode
- U+62D9
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Formation & memory
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Words with 拙
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拙于言词 | to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom) | |
| 勤能补拙 | (idiom) hard work can make up for lack of natural talent | |
| 拙政园 | Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, … | |
| 老拙 | old fart (usually in self-reference); geezer | |
| 拙作 | my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing | |
| 心拙口笨 | dull-witted and tongue-tied | |
| 弄巧成拙 | to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face | |
| 拙见 | my unworthy opinion (humble expr.) | |
| 弄巧反拙 | see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1] | |
| 巧诈不如拙诚 | the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy | |
| 将勤补拙 | (idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work | |
| 拙直 | simple and frank | |
| 拙笔 | my clumsy writing (humble expr.); my humble pen | |
| 心拙口夯 | variant of 心拙口笨[xin1 zhuo1 kou3 ben4] | |
| 藏拙 | avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face | |
| 笨口拙舌 | see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2] | |
| 守拙 | to remain honest and poor | |
| 拙嘴笨舌 | see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2] | |
| 笨嘴拙舌 | clumsy in speech; poor speaker | |
| 笨嘴拙腮 | see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 出 — compare how they read.