Vocabulary
こうとせつ巧と拙 こうとせつ巧と拙 こうとせつ巧と拙

Meaning

skillfulness and clumsiness

Practice Writing

Character: 1/3
Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

巧と拙
skillfulness and clumsiness
こうとせつ
巧
adroit, skilled, ingenuity
たく.み, たく.む, コウ
工
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
コウ, ク, グ
丂
obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
さまた.げられる, コウ
拙
bungling, clumsy, unskillful
つたな.い, セツ
扌
( 手 ) hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
出
exit, leave, go out...
で.る, -で, シュツ
屮
left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)
ひだりて, テツ, サ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
凵
open box enclosure, open box radical (no. 17)
カン
書

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