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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。从手出声。
Guangyun:广韵·入声··》拙:不巧也。职恱切,十一。
Kangxi:康熙字典·手部·》拙:〔古文〕䂐《唐韵》职悦切。《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》朱劣切,𠀤音梲。读若专入声。《说文》不巧也。《·周官》作僞心劳日拙。《老子·道德经》大巧若拙。《战国策》敎人而不能,则谓之拙。又《释名》屈也。使物否屈,不爲用也。《史记·范睢传》楚之铁劒利,而倡优拙。
Fanqie:职恱 (《广韵·入声··》)
Unihan definition:stupid, clumsy, crude; convention

Example usage

孟子·尽心上》:孟子曰:“大匠不为工改废绳墨,羿不为射变其彀率。”
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·鲁问》:故所为功,利于人谓之巧,不利于人谓之
For, any achievement that is beneficial to man is said to be beautiful, and anything not beneficial is said to be clumsy.
庄子·逍遥游》:庄子曰:“夫子固于用大矣。”
Zhuangzi replied, 'You were indeed stupid, my master, in the use of what was large.'
道德经》:大直若屈,大巧若,大辩若讷。
Do thou what's straight still crooked deem; Thy greatest art still stupid seem, And eloquence a stammering scream.
商君书·画策》:行间之治,连以五,辨之以章,束之以令,无所处,罢无所生。
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.
孙子兵法·作战》:故兵闻速,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.
尚书·盘庚上》:予若观火,予亦谋作乃逸。
I see you as clearly as one sees a fire; but I, likewise, by my undecided plans, have produced your error.
荀子·》:善壮而老者与?
说苑·谈丛》:智而用私,不如愚而用公,故曰巧伪不如诚。
韩诗外传·卷三》:是以衣成则必缺衽,宫成则必缺隅,屋成则必加,示不成者、天道然也。
中论·核辩》:故言有而辩者焉,有巧而不辩者焉。
孔子家语·辩物》:归之,子贡闻之,见于孔子曰:“子服氏之子于说矣,以实获囚,以诈得免。”
潜夫论·考绩》:夫剑不试则利钝暗,弓不试则劲挠诬,鹰不试则巧惑,马不试则良驽疑。
论衡·书虚》:使鸟兽田耕,不能使人祭,祭加舜、禹之墓,田施人民之家,天之报佑圣人,何其也?
孔丛子·陈士义》:夫东闾子外质顽,有似䟽直,然内怀容媚谄鬽,非大丈夫之节也。
鶡冠子·王鈇》:后世成至孙一灵羽理符日循,功弗敢败,奉业究制,执正守内,弗敢废,楼𠝜与旱,以新续故,四时执效,应锢不骏,后得入庙,惑爽不嗣谓之焚,祖命冒世,礼嗣弗引,奉常弗内,灵不食祀,家王不举祭,天将降咎,皇神不享,此所以不改更始逾新之道也。
文子·自然》:昔尧之治天下也,舜为司徒,契为司马,禹为司空,后稷为田畴,奚仲为工师,其导民也,水处者渔,林处者采,谷处者牧,陵处者田,地宜事,事宜其械,械宜其材,皋泽织网,陵坡耕田,如是外民得以所有易所无,以所工易所
文始真经·一宇》:关尹子曰:“两人射,相遇则巧见。”
老子河上公章句》:大巧若大巧谓多才术也。
韩非子·初见秦》:夫以大王之明,秦兵之强,弃霸王之业,地曾不可得,乃取欺于亡国,是谋臣之也。
管子·地数》:戈矛之所发,刀币之所起也,能者有馀,者不足。
六韬·战车》:此十者、车之死地也,故将之所以见擒、明将之所以能避也。
淮南子·齐俗训》:工则不然,大则塞而不入,小则窕而不周。
吕氏春秋·用民》:莫邪不为勇者兴惧者变,勇者以工,惧者以,能与不能也。
鬼谷子·权篇》:不用所,而用愚人之所工:故不困也。
邓析子·无厚》:夫木击折轊,水戾破舟,不怨木石而罪巧
1故不载焉。
史记·律书》:笔教笞不可废于家,刑罚不可捐于国,诛伐不可偃于天下,用之有巧,行之有逆顺耳。
晏子春秋》:任人之长,不强其短,任人之工,不强其
吴越春秋·十三年》:且夫无报人之志而使人疑之,也。
越绝书》:且夫无报人之心而使人疑之者,也,有报人之心而使人知之者,殆也,事未发而闻者,危也
战国策》:以大王之明,秦兵之强,伯王之业,地尊不可得,乃取欺于亡国,是谋臣之也。
盐铁论·本议》:文学曰:“古者之赋税于民也,因其所工,不求所。”
汉书·东方朔传》:非夷齐而是柳下惠,戒其子以上容:“首阳为,柱下为工。”
前汉纪》:同巧而合习俗也。
后汉书·陈王列传》:时有隆夷,事亦工
楚辞·离骚经》:理弱而媒兮,恐导言之不固。
山海经·中山经》:此天地之所分壤树谷也,戈矛之所发也,刀铩之所起也,能者有馀,者不足。
焦氏易林·临之》:蹇:手不便,不能伐檀。
说文解字·人部》:伹:也。
释名·释言语》:,屈也,使物否屈不为用也。
黄帝内经》:决冲,而经可通也。

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