Memory phrase for the character: 拙

拙

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Meaning

clumsy, awkward, dull, inelegant, (polite) my

Pronunciation

zhuó

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: come/go out 出 (Two mountains 山 coming out one after the other)

Mnemonic
 
(i.e. at a traditional robe:) If a hand comes out (or sticks out), it looks clumsy and awkward.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
出 coming out




 Vocabulary

笨拙 bèn zhuō  clumsy; awkward; stupid
拙著 zhuō zhù  my unworthy writing (humble expr.); my worthless manuscript
拙劣 zhuō liè  clumsy; botched
 

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