Hanja Analyzer
拙

拙 — jol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
졸할 졸
Romanization
jol
English
stupid, clumsy, crude; convention
Mandarin
zhuō
Japanese on'yomi
セツ, セチ
Japanese kun'yomi
つたな.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,938 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
手 (64, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
出
Unicode
U+62D9

Parts that make up 拙

  • 扌 손 수variant of 手 다섯 손가락을 편 손손으로 하는 동작
  • 出 날[生] 출sound 구덩이 밖으로 내딛는 발나감. ‘출·굴’ 계열의 소리

How 拙 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 拙 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 手, 出.

Korean example words with 拙

  • 우졸愚拙 Korean gloss: 어리석고 못남
  • 졸기拙氣 Korean gloss: 보잘것없는 기세
  • 졸고拙稿 Korean gloss: 내용이 보잘것없는 원고
  • 졸견拙見 Korean gloss: 보잘것없는 의견이나 견해
  • 졸작拙作 Korean gloss: 솜씨가 서투르고 보잘것없는 작품
  • 졸저拙著 Korean gloss: 자기의 저술을 겸손하게 이르는 말
  • 졸필拙筆 Korean gloss: 자기가 쓴 글씨를 겸손하게 이르는 말
  • 졸강拙講 Korean gloss: 내용이 충실하지 못하거나 형편없는 강의
  • 졸계拙計 Korean gloss: 솜씨가 서투르고 보잘것없는 계획과 방책
  • 졸전拙戰 Korean gloss: 서로 기량이 부족하여 서투르거나 지루한 시합이나 싸움
  • 졸속하다拙速 Korean gloss: 어설프고 빠르다
  • 추졸하다醜拙 Korean gloss: 지저분하고 졸렬하다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 拙

  • 拙速せっそく rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty
  • 稚拙ちせつ unskillful; childish; immature
  • 拙守せっしゅ poor defense; poor defence
  • 巧拙こうせつ skill; workmanship; dexterity
  • 拙劣せつれつ clumsy; unskillful
  • 拙せつ poor; unskillful; clumsy
  • 拙いつたない poor-quality; shoddy; crude
  • 拙悪せつあく poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
  • 拙策せっさく poor policy; poor plan; unwise measure
  • 拙者せっしゃ I; me
  • 拙著せっちょ my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
  • 拙文せつぶん poor writing

Characters sharing the phonetic 出

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “졸”

Other hanja with radical 手

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences