zhuō

stupid

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

出 sound component

  Sound component

chū

  

go out

Evolution

拙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
拙 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
拙 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
拙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhuō

stupid, clumsy, crude; convention; awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my; Taiwan pr. [zhuó]

Most common words with 拙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

笨拙

clumsy

awkward

拙劣

clumsy

弄巧成拙

to overreach oneself

拙作

my humble writing