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U+62D9

Seal script

Semantic variant

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.499#2 Kangxi: p.426#07 Cihai: p.571r1c02 GSR: 496.i Hanyu: v3,p1860#03
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𠶯 𡮍 𢮬
Mandarin:zhuó zhuō ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄓㄨㄛ
Cantonese:zyut3 zyut6
Tang reconstruction:*jiuɛt
Shuowen:手部》拙:不巧也。从手出聲。
Guangyun:廣韻·入聲··》拙:不巧也。職恱切,十一。
Kangxi:康熙字典·手部·》拙:〔古文〕䂐《唐韻》職悅切。《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》朱劣切,𠀤音梲。讀若專入聲。《說文》不巧也。《·周官》作僞心勞日拙。《老子·道德經》大巧若拙。《戰國策》敎人而不能,則謂之拙。又《釋名》屈也。使物否屈,不爲用也。《史記·范睢傳》楚之鐵劒利,而倡優拙。
Fanqie:職恱 (《廣韻·入聲··》)
Unihan definition:stupid, clumsy, crude; convention

Example usage

孟子·盡心上》:孟子曰:「大匠不為工改廢繩墨,羿不為射變其彀率。」
Mencius said, 'A great artificer does not, for the sake of a stupid workman, alter or do away with the marking-line. Yi did not, for the sake of a stupid archer, charge his rule for drawing the bow.'
墨子·魯問》:故所為功,利於人謂之巧,不利於人謂之
For, any achievement that is beneficial to man is said to be beautiful, and anything not beneficial is said to be clumsy.
莊子·逍遙遊》:莊子曰:「夫子固於用大矣。」
Zhuangzi replied, 'You were indeed stupid, my master, in the use of what was large.'
道德經》:大直若屈,大巧若,大辯若訥。
Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And eloquence a stammering scream.
商君書·畫策》:行間之治,連以五,辨之以章,束之以令,無所處,罷無所生。
By the order in the ranks they should be organized into bands of five; they should be distinguished by badges and controlled by mandates, so that there would be no place for bungling and no danger that exhaustion would arise.
孫子兵法·作戰》:故兵聞速,未睹巧之久也。
Thus, though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
尚書·盤庚上》:予若觀火,予亦謀作乃逸。
I see you as clearly as one sees a fire; but I, likewise, by my undecided plans, have produced your error.
荀子·》:善壯而老者與?
說苑·談叢》:智而用私,不如愚而用公,故曰巧偽不如誠。
韓詩外傳·卷三》:是以衣成則必缺衽,宮成則必缺隅,屋成則必加,示不成者、天道然也。
中論·覈辯》:故言有而辯者焉,有巧而不辯者焉。
孔子家語·辯物》:歸之,子貢聞之,見於孔子曰:「子服氏之子於說矣,以實獲囚,以詐得免。」
潛夫論·考績》:夫劍不試則利鈍闇,弓不試則勁撓誣,鷹不試則巧惑,馬不試則良駑疑。
論衡·書虛》:使鳥獸田耕,不能使人祭,祭加舜、禹之墓,田施人民之家,天之報祐聖人,何其也?
孔叢子·陳士義》:夫東閭子外質頑,有似䟽直,然內懷容媚諂鬽,非大丈夫之節也。
鶡冠子·王鈇》:後世成至孫一靈羽理符日循,功弗敢敗,奉業究制,執正守內,弗敢廢,樓𠝜與旱,以新續故,四時執效,應錮不駿,后得入廟,惑爽不嗣謂之焚,祖命冒世,禮嗣弗引,奉常弗內,靈不食祀,家王不舉祭,天將降咎,皇神不享,此所以不改更始逾新之道也。
文子·自然》:昔堯之治天下也,舜為司徒,契為司馬,禹為司空,后稷為田疇,奚仲為工師,其導民也,水處者漁,林處者採,谷處者牧,陵處者田,地宜事,事宜其械,械宜其材,皋澤織網,陵坡耕田,如是外民得以所有易所無,以所工易所
文始真經·一宇》:關尹子曰:「兩人射,相遇則巧見。」
老子河上公章句》:大巧若大巧謂多才術也。
韓非子·初見秦》:夫以大王之明,秦兵之強,棄霸王之業,地曾不可得,乃取欺於亡國,是謀臣之也。
管子·地數》:戈矛之所發,刀幣之所起也,能者有餘,者不足。
六韜·戰車》:此十者、車之死地也,故將之所以見擒、明將之所以能避也。
淮南子·齊俗訓》:工則不然,大則塞而不入,小則窕而不周。
呂氏春秋·用民》:莫邪不為勇者興懼者變,勇者以工,懼者以,能與不能也。
鬼谷子·權篇》:不用所,而用愚人之所工:故不困也。
鄧析子·無厚》:夫木擊折轊,水戾破舟,不怨木石而罪巧
1故不載焉。
史記·律書》:笔教笞不可廢於家,刑罰不可捐於國,誅伐不可偃於天下,用之有巧,行之有逆順耳。
晏子春秋》:任人之長,不彊其短,任人之工,不強其
吳越春秋·十三年》:且夫無報人之志而使人疑之,也。
越絕書》:且夫無報人之心而使人疑之者,也,有報人之心而使人知之者,殆也,事未發而聞者,危也
戰國策》:以大王之明,秦兵之強,伯王之業,地尊不可得,乃取欺於亡國,是謀臣之也。
鹽鐵論·本議》:文學曰:「古者之賦稅於民也,因其所工,不求所。」
漢書·東方朔傳》:非夷齊而是柳下惠,戒其子以上容:「首陽為,柱下為工。」
前漢紀》:同巧而合習俗也。
後漢書·陳王列傳》:時有隆夷,事亦工
楚辭·離騷經》:理弱而媒兮,恐導言之不固。
山海經·中山經》:此天地之所分壤樹穀也,戈矛之所發也,刀鎩之所起也,能者有餘,者不足。
焦氏易林·臨之》:蹇:手不便,不能伐檀。
說文解字·人部》:伹:也。
釋名·釋言語》:,屈也,使物否屈不為用也。
黃帝內經》:決沖,而經可通也。

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