Vocabulary
こうちせっそく巧遅拙速 こうちせっそく巧遅拙速 こうちせっそく巧遅拙速

Meaning

better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate and better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4
Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

巧遅拙速
better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate, better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent
こうちせっそく
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
遅
slow, late, back...
おく.れる, おく.らす, チ
辶
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
𡱝
尸
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
かたしろ, シ
羊
sheep
ひつじ, ヨウ
䒑
grass, straw, herbs...
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
速
quick, fast
はや.い, はや-, ソク
辶
walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)
チャク
束
bundle, sheaf, ream...
たば, たば.ねる, ソク
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
木
tree, wood
き, こ-, ボク
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
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