King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

拙 — kanji meaning “bungling”

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

Meanings
bungling, clumsy, unskillful
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
8
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1938 of 2,500
Classical radical
64
Chinese reading
zhuó, zhuō — Chinese character page

Words with 拙

WordReadingMeaning
ちせつ chisetsuunskillful; childish; immature
せっそく sessokurough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty
せつれつ setsuretsuclumsy; unskillful
こうせつ kousetsuskill; workmanship; dexterity
せっしゃ sesshaI; me
つたない tsutanaipoor-quality; shoddy; crude
せっちょ setchomy book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
せっさく sessakupoor work; humble reference to one's own work
せったく settakuone's home; one's humble abode
せっこう sekkoupoor offense; poor attacking play
せっこう sekkoumy manuscript
せっしゅ sesshupoor defense; poor defence

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.