拙
awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my; Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,918 U+62D9
How 拙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 出 (phonetic, chū)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 出
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 出 (chū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出 sound component | chū | to go out, to send out; stand; produce |
| 屈 | qū | to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched |
| 础 | chǔ | foundation stone, plinth; basis |
| 黜 | chù | to dismiss; to downgrade, to demote |
| 咄 | duō | a cry of anger |
| 绌 | chù | to stitch, to sew; insufficient |
| 诎 | qū | to stutter, to exhaust; to crouch, to bend |
Words containing 拙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拙于言词 | zhuō yú yán cí | to be unable to express oneself clearly (idiom) |
| 勤能补拙 | qín néng bǔ zhuō | (idiom) hard work can make up for lack of natural talent |
| 拙政园 | Zhuō zhèng Yuán | Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, … |
| 老拙 | lǎo zhuō | old fart (usually in self-reference); geezer |
| 拙作 | zhuō zuò | my unworthy manuscript (humble expr.); my humble writing |
| 心拙口笨 | xīn zhuō kǒu bèn | dull-witted and tongue-tied |
| 弄巧成拙 | nòng qiǎo chéng zhuō | to overreach oneself; to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face |
| 拙见 | zhuō jiàn | my unworthy opinion (humble expr.) |
| 弄巧反拙 | nòng qiǎo fǎn zhuō | see 弄巧成拙[nong4 qiao3 cheng2 zhuo1] |
| 巧诈不如拙诚 | qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng | the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy |
| 将勤补拙 | jiāng qín bǔ zhuō | (idiom) to compensate for lack of ability with hard work |
| 拙直 | zhuō zhí | simple and frank |
| 拙笔 | zhuō bǐ | my clumsy writing (humble expr.); my humble pen |
| 心拙口夯 | xīn zhuō kǒu bèn | variant of 心拙口笨[xin1 zhuo1 kou3 ben4] |
| 藏拙 | cáng zhuó | avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face |
| 笨口拙舌 | bèn kǒu zhuō shé | see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2] |
| 守拙 | shǒu zhuō | to remain honest and poor |
| 拙嘴笨舌 | zhuō zuǐ bèn shé | see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2] |
| 笨嘴拙舌 | bèn zuǐ zhuō shé | clumsy in speech; poor speaker |
| 笨嘴拙腮 | bèn zuǐ zhuō sāi | see 笨嘴拙舌[ben4 zui3 zhuo1 she2] |