zhuō
stupid
Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
zhuō
stupid, clumsy, crude; convention; awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my; Taiwan pr. [zhuó]
Most common words with 拙
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
clumsy | ||
awkward | ||
clumsy | ||
to overreach oneself | ||
my humble writing |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[t]ot | tsywet | zhuō | stupid, inept |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 3.1555% of movies
2786th most common character in movies
2709th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+62D9 |
Shuowen | “拙，不巧也。从手，出聲。” |
Sources
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