粗 – coarse, rough, rugged

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The kanji 粗 means coarse, rough, rugged. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ (so); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あら.い、あら- (arai, ara). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 米 (no. 119).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
Kun’yomi	あら.い	arai
Kun’yomi	あら-	ara

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 米 (Kangxi radical 119). Components: 一・米・目.

Words using 粗

粗末そまつcrude粗あらremaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)粗いあらいcoarse粗筋あらすじoutline

Example sentences

道具を粗末に使うな。

Don't handle these tools roughly.

Tatoeba #123550

彼女のドレスはきめの粗いウールでできていた。

Her dress was made of coarse wool.

Tatoeba #94682

Kanji with the same radical

米精糧粘糖粉粧粒粋粥糊

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