拙

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

つたな.い

Stroke Order

8 / 8

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:8

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1938

Vocabulary

セツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
巧拙	コウセツ	skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality
拙劣	セツレツ	clumsy; unskillful
稚拙	チセツ	unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy; crude
拙悪	セツアク	poor (tasting); low quality; bad situation
拙文	セツブン	poor writing

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
拙速	せっそく	rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
拙守	せっしゅ	poor defense; poor defence
拙い	つたない	poor-quality; shoddy; crude; unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; poor; foolish; clumsy; unlucky
拙策	せっさく	poor policy; poor plan; unwise measure; (one's own) plan
拙者	せっしゃ	I; me

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