# 拙

| 拙 | U+62D9, &#25305; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-62D9 |
| ← 拘 [U+62D8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 拚 → [U+62DA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

拙 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 手山山 (QUU), four-corner 5207$_2$, composition ⿰扌出)

#### Derived characters

* 𠶯, 𡮍

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 426, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11965
* Dae Jaweon: page 775, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1860, character 3
* Unihan data for U+62D9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 聉 | *r̥ʰuːlʔ, *ŋrɯd, *ʔr'uːd, *ŋruːd |
| 贅 | *kljods |
| 祟 | *sqʰluds |
| 出 | *kʰljuds, *kʰljud |
| 茁 | *ʔl'ɯd, *skruːd, *skrod, *skrud |
| 欪 | *qʰlɯd, *l̥ʰud |
| 貀 | *ŋr'uːd |
| 袦 | *ŋr'oːd |
| 咄 | *ʔl'oːd, *ʔl'uːd |
| 柮 | *sɡloːd, *ʔl'uːd |
| 拙 | *kljod |
| 炪 | *kljod, *l̥ʰud |
| 掘 | *ɡlod, *ɡlud |
| 鈯 | *l'uːd |
| 啒 | *kluːd, *qʰluːd |
| 淈 | *kluːd, *ɡluːd |
| 窟 | *kʰluːd |
| 泏 | *kʰluːd, *ʔl'ud |
| 堀 | *kʰluːd, *ɡlud |
| 胐 | *kʰluːd |
| 窋 | *ʔl'ud |
| 絀 | *ʔl'ud |
| 黜 | *l̥ʰud |
| 屈 | *klud, *kʰlud |
| 趉 | *klud |
| 鶌 | *klud |
| 詘 | *kʰlud |
| 倔 | *ɡlud |
| 崛 | *ɡlud, *ŋɡlud |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kljod): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 出 (OC *kʰljuds, *kʰljud).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuō, zhuó
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ, ㄓㄨㄛˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut$^3$ / zyut$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chot
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^1$
*** Yale: jwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuó
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuó
*** Wade–Giles: cho$^2$
*** Yale: jwó
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwo
*** Palladius: чжо (čžo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyut$^3$ / zyut$^6$
*** Yale: jyut / jyuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt$^8$ / dzyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jud$^3$ / jud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːt̚³/, /t͡syːt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chot
*** Hakka Romanization System: zod$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zod$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sot̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choat
*** Tâi-lô: tsuat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚³²/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit拙 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂuo⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂuo²⁴/ /t͡suo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂuo²¹/ /t͡suo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂuə²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʃuə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂuo²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡fo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂuɛ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂuə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂuɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕye²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sue³¹/ /t͡sʰo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰo²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂo³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂueʔ⁵/ /t͡ɕyeʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂuɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suaʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡soʔ⁵/ /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sz̩ʷəʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sɔʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕye²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʈ͡ʂo²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sot̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʃot̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡syt̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡syt̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡syt̚³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡suat̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡suɔʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sɔ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡suak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tuak̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tsywet
Rime :
| Character | 拙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (82) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職悅切 |
| Baxter | tsywet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕiuᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʷiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕjuæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cwiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭuɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯wɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ot/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kljod/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 拙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhuō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsywet › |
| Old Chinese | /*[t]ot/ |
| English | stupid, inept |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 拙 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1557 |
| Phonetic component | 出 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 拙 |
| Old Chinese | /*kljod/ |

#### Definitions

拙
* stupid; clumsy
* (self-deprecatory) my

##### Synonyms

* (stupid):
* 呆
* 呆傻 (dāishǎ)
* 呆痴 (dāichī)
* 𡳞面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 𡳞鳥面 / 𡳞鸟面 (Hokkien, vulgar)
* 愚戇 / 愚戆 (Hokkien)
* 愚昧 (yúmèi)
* 愚笨 (yúbèn)
* 愚蠢 (yúchǔn)
* 愚鈍 / 愚钝 (yúdùn)
* 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
* 撚樣 / 撚样 (lan$^2$ joeng$^{6-2}$) (Cantonese, vulgar)
* 暗昧 (ànmèi)
* 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢跤軟蹄 / 梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 棒槌 (bàngchuí)
* 海鱟 / 海鲎 (Hokkien)
* 混鈍 / 混钝 (Hokkien)
* 痴呆
* 發踱 / 发踱 ($^7$faq $^8$doq) (Wu)
* 笨 (bèn)
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 笨車車 / 笨车车 (Hokkien)
* 臭笨 (Hokkien)
* 菜瓜 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 蠢 (chǔn)
* 蠢氣 / 蠢气 (qyn$^3$ qi$^4$) (Xiang)
* 蠢笨 (chǔnbèn)
* 袋屎 (Hokkien)
* 袋屎袋尿 (Hokkien)
* 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 遲鈍 / 迟钝 (chídùn)
* 阿西 (Hokkien)
* 頇顢 / 顸颟 (Hokkien)
* 鱟 / 鲎 (Hokkien)
* 鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó) (literary)

#### Compounds

* 勤能補拙 / 勤能补拙 (qínnéngbǔzhuō)
* 口拙 (kǒuzhuō)
* 古拙 (gǔzhuó)
* 命乖運拙 / 命乖运拙
* 大巧若拙
* 守拙 (shǒuzhuó)
* 將勤補拙 / 将勤补拙 (jiāngqínbǔzhuō)
* 工拙
* 巧拙 (qiǎozhuó)
* 弄巧反拙
* 弄巧成拙 (nòngqiǎochéngzhuō)
* 心勞日拙 / 心劳日拙 (xīnláorìzhuō)
* 心拙口夯
* 心拙口笨
* 愚拙 (yúzhuō)
* 才疏計拙 / 才疏计拙
* 拙作 (zhuōzuò)
* 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
* 拙口笨腮
* 拙口鈍腮 / 拙口钝腮
* 拙口鈍辭 / 拙口钝辞
* 拙夫
* 拙實 / 拙实
* 拙於言辭 / 拙于言辞
* 拙樸 / 拙朴
* 拙澀 / 拙涩
* 拙物
* 拙病
* 拙目
* 拙眼
* 拙笨 (zhuōbèn)
* 拙筆 / 拙笔 (zhuóbǐ)
* 拙荊 / 拙荆 (zhuōjīng)
* 拙著 (zhuózhù)
* 拙見 / 拙见 (zhuōjiàn)
* 拙計 / 拙计 (zhuōjì)
* 時乖運拙 / 时乖运拙
* 樸拙 / 朴拙
* 犯拙
* 獻拙 / 献拙
* 百拙千醜 / 百拙千丑
* 眼拙 (yǎnzhuō)
* 稚拙 (zhìzhuō)
* 笨口拙舌 (bènkǒuzhuōshé)
* 笨嘴拙腮
* 笨拙 (bènzhuō)
* 老拙 (lǎozhuō)
* 藏拙 (cángzhuó)
* 蚩拙 (chīzhuō)
* 計窮途拙 / 计穷途拙
* 辭巧理拙 / 辞巧理拙
* 迂拙
* 運拙時乖 / 运拙时乖
* 運拙時艱 / 运拙时艰
* 避賢謝拙 / 避贤谢拙
* 養拙 / 养拙
* 鳩拙 / 鸠拙 (jiūzhuó)

### Etymology 2

Compare Xiamen Hokkien 遮 (chiah, “this; so”).

#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choah
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choah
*** Tâi-lô: tsuah
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoaq
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡suaʔ⁵/

#### Definitions

拙
* (Quanzhou Hokkien) this; so; such

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 如此 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 如此 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 這麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 這麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 這麼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 這樣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 這樣, 這麼 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 這麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 這麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 陣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 這麼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 這們, 陣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 這們 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 恁麼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 這麼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 這們 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 這麼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 這們, 這麼, 嘞們 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 這麼, 這樣, 這個樣子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 仲個 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 這樣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 陣, 哏 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 這麼, 這樣子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 這們 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 格麼 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 該 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 呢咁, 咁 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 果樣, 拱 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 果 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 咁 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 咁 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 箇 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 該樣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 箇, 箇史 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 恁 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 恁, 咁 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 恁, 咁 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 咁 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 咁 |
| Hakka | Changting | 仰 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 恁 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 樣 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 咁 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 恁 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 恁 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 爾的 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 這來 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 這啦, 這麼, 這來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𱕇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 只滿, 只 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 者滿 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 者滿 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 拙, 拙幹 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 拙, 拙爾, 障, 障爾 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 遮爾, 遮爾仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 遮, 遮爾, 遮爾仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 按呢 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 奐, 現, 喝, 遐, 遮, 拙 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 照, 照生 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 照 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 只生 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 偌 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 只, 者 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 只何 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 只何 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 更 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搿能, 搿能介, 搿個能, 介, 實能 dated, 實個能 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang) | 迭能 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 若介, 實介, 能, 能介 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chuansha, Pudong) | 迭個能 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Fengxian) | 迭能 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jinshan) | 格末, 格能介, 着介 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 介 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 實恁 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 實倫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 特能, 迭能, 實能 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 能 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 該實梗, 該尚, 哀實梗, 哀尚, 實梗, 尚 |
| Wu | Danyang | 根 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 價套, 價, 實價套, 實價 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 介 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 該恁, 恁 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 帳, 格生, 格亨, 喪 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 絞麼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 咯樣 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 這麼 |

##### See also

* 喝 (hoah)
* 拽 (choâi)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: せち (sechi)
* Kan-on: せつ (setsu, Jōyō)
* Kun: つたない (tsutanai, 拙い, Jōyō)、まずい (mazui, 拙い)

## Korean
### Hanja

拙 • (jol) (hangeul 졸, revised jol, McCune–Reischauer chol, Yale col)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

拙: Hán Việt readings: chuyết
拙: Nôm readings: chút, choắt, chuyết, sụt, trút, choét, chót, đúc, nhốt, suốt
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