Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

粗: coarse, rough

Also: rugged

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

米 carries the meaning · 且 gives the sound

11 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ソso · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 粗末そまつ
  • 粗鋼そこうcrude steel
  • 粗大そだいcoarse; rough; bulky
  • 粗品そしなsmall present; trifling gift

あらいarai · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 粗いあらいcoarse; rough

あら-ara- · kun'yomi

  • 粗筋あらすじoutline; summary; argument

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Fuel for the soul! This radical represents the essential nourishment of the rice harvest and the intricate detail of individual grains.”
More in the 米 rice story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
米

Also built on rice (米)

All 17
且

Also built on moreover (且)

粗 takes the 且 family's reading, ソ (so).

Also read ソ

16 kanji share this on'yomiAll 16

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
粗 coarse · 米
vs租 tariff · 禾
粗 has 米 where 租 has 禾.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cū

Same form: 粗 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
粗 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
粗 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin cū most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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