Chinese Character 拙 Meanings and components.

Form

拙

Meaning

拙 meaning[3] in English

Awkward.

Clumsy.

Dull.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 拙 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and to go out (出)

Its radical[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QUU

How to write 拙

To write拙zhuo1awkward you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 出chu1to go … arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 出 = 拙

拙 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 拙 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 拙, looks as follow:

拙
Pinyin:zhuo1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Awkward . Clumsy . Dull . Inelegant . (Polite) My . Taiwan Pr. [Zhuo2]
扌
Pinyin:shou5
Meaning[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc
出
Pinyin:chu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Go Out . To Come Out . To Occur . To Produce . To Go Beyond . To Rise . To Put Forth . To Happen . (Used After A Verb To Indicate An Outward Direction Or A Positive Result) . Classifier For Dramas, Plays, Operas Etc
屮
Pinyin:che4
Meaning[3]: Plants Sprouting
凵
Pinyin:qian3
Meaning[3]: Receptacle

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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