8 strokes
Frequency: 1938
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

bungling
clumsy
unskillful

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
セツ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
つたな.い

Dictionary

Common Words

Freq #10287
1

Archaic; Common noun; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

poor; unskillful; clumsy

2

Humble; Male; Pronoun

I; me

拙い
~い Adj.
Freq #10855
1

Word usually written using kana alone

poor-quality; shoddy; crude

2

Word usually written using kana alone

unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; poor; foolish; clumsy

3

unlucky

せつ
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #22835
1

unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy; crude

っそう
Pronoun
Freq #42215
1

Humble

I, as a mere priest; this humble servant of Buddha

っく
Noun
Freq #46383
1

Humble

unskilled haiku poem; clumsy haiku

っそく
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #52141
1

rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash

つれつ
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #65040
1

clumsy; unskillful

っちょ
Noun
Freq #70765
1

Humble

my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine

うせつ
Noun
Freq #79915
1

skill; workmanship; dexterity; quality

ったく
Noun
Freq #86509
1

Humble

one's home; one's humble abode

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