This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セツ、つたな.い
Romaji: setsu, tsutana.i
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  64
Frequency:  1938
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-5
Korean Reading:  jol
Chinese Reading:  zhuo1
Unicode:  62d9
JIS:  405B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 315
Nelson Index: 1880
New Nelson Index: 2122
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c5.11
Four Corner Index: 5207.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1487
Gakken Index: 1785
Daikanwanjiten Index: 11965
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0189
Remembering the kanji Index: 769
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1351
Kodansha Compact Index: 875
Kanji in Context Index: 1470
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 235
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 280
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 776
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 831
Essential Kanji Index: 1733
Kodansha Kanji Index: 373
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1376
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1180

Words

(せつ)
poor; weak; I; me
迂拙 (うせつ)
poor and careless way of living; self deprecating first person pronoun
拙劣 (せつれつ)
clumsy; unskillful
拙筆 (せっぴつ)
poor handwriting; humble reference to one's own handwriting
拙宅 (せったく)
one's home; one's humble abode
拙い (つたない、まずい)
poor-quality; shoddy; crude; unskillful; inexpert; maladroit; inept; foolish; clumsy; unlucky
古拙 (こせつ)
artless but attractive in a quaint sense
拙文 (せつぶん)
poor writing
拙著 (せっちょ)
my production
拙速主義 (せっそくしゅぎ)
slap-dash methods
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