- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 本(root; fundamental)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Bamboo grows only straight up from its roots with no flexibility, so the character means stupid and clumsy.
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拙笨
拙笨
clumsy
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
clumsy
- 。
He is very clumsy.
- 貳形adjective
awkward
- 。
He does things very clumsily.
- 參形adjective
lacking skill
- 。
He is somewhat clumsy in the way he does things.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS拙笨
Traditional拙
clumsy
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
clumsy
- 。
He is very clumsy.
- 貳形adjective
awkward
- 。
He does things very clumsily.
- 參形adjective
lacking skill
- 。
He is somewhat clumsy in the way he does things.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 本(root; fundamental)PHONO-SEMANTIC
Bamboo grows only straight up from its roots with no flexibility, so the character means stupid and clumsy.
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