Dong Chinese dictionary

cū

rough, coarse

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ

rice

且 Sound component

qiě

moreover

粗 and 且 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.粗 /*Nə-s.r̥ˤa/
且 /*tsa/, /*[tsʰ]Aʔ/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

粗

cū

rough, thick, course; rude; coarse; rough; thick (for cylindrical objects); unfinished; vulgar; crude

粗 (觕)

cū

variant of 粗[cū]

粗 (麤)

cū

remote; distant

Most common words with 粗

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	粗	coarse
	粗鲁	coarse
	粗糙	crude
	粗暴	rough
	粗俗	vulgar

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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