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粗

coarse
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingソ
Kun readingあら.い、あら-
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. coarseRtK
    お客さまに粗相のないように気をつけなさい。Take care not to be impolite to our visitors.tatoeba
    手で包丁を持って削るので、粗い氷に近いものができる。As ice is shaved with a hand held knife, coarse ice is obtained.wiki
  2. rough
    彼は粗暴に見えるが、根は大変やさしい。He seems rough, but at heart he's very gentle.tatoeba
  3. rugged
  1. abbreviation
  2. omission
  3. outline
  4. gist
  5. plan

Popular Usage

粗い粗筋

Radicals and components

Radical米rice
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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rice (米) · shelf · my bookshelves

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1915

Compound words

粗いあらい
coarse; rough
粗筋あらすじ
outline; summary; argument
粗悪そあく
coarse; crude; inferior
粗大そだい
coarse; rough; bulky
粗品そしな
small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude; marketing incentive; inferior goods
粗暴そぼう
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
粗末そまつ
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
粗野そや
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
粗鋼そこう
crude steel
粗樫あらかし
ring-cupped oak (Quercus glauca)
粗金あらがね
ore
粗忽そこつ
careless
粗砥あらと
rough grindstone
粗木あらき
logs in bark
粗漏そろう
carelessness
粗朶そだ
brushwood
粗笨そほん
crude
粗筵あらむしろ
loosely woven mat
粗糲それい
unpolished rice
粗鬆そそう
rough
粗悪品そあくひん
inferior goods
粗忽者そこつもの
careless person
粗捜しあらさがし
finding fault (with)
粗探しあらさがし
finding fault (with)

Additional Examples

彼は粗野な言葉づかいのせいで誤解されている。
He's misunderstood because of his vulgar language.tatoeba
彼は粗衣をまとっていた。
He is content with the simple life.tatoeba
手で包丁を持って削るので、粗い氷に近いものができる。
As ice is shaved with a hand held knife, coarse ice is obtained.wiki
きわめて粗い岩ものならば一粒一粒を画面にならべてゆく。
If the color is very coarse, put the grains on the drawing one by one.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 粗

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