拙 Strokes Write it Listen 拙 zhuō awkward, clumsy; dull, stupid HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 扌 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from扌meaningshǒuhand出soundchūto go out, to send out; stand; produce How it works扌 hints at the meaning (hand), and 出 chū hints at the sound.