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笨bèn手shǒu笨bèn脚jiǎo

  1. clumsy; all thumbs

    trad. 笨手笨腳

Also written 笨手笨腳【bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo】

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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笨
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stupid, foolish, silly, slow-witted, clumsy

Pinyin
bèn
Strokes
11
Frequency
3286 of 2500
Words starting with 笨Words ending in 笨Anywhere in a word
手
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hand, (formal) to hold, person engaged in certain types of work, person skilled in certain types of work, personal(ly), convenient, classifier for skill, CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pinyin
shǒu
Strokes
4
Frequency
490 of 2500
Words starting with 手Words ending in 手Anywhere in a word
脚
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

foot, leg (of an animal or an object), base (of an object), CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1], classifier for kicks

Pinyin
jiǎo
Traditional
腳
Strokes
11
Frequency
1591 of 2500
Words starting with 脚Words ending in 脚Anywhere in a word