cāo

coarse

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
米 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rice

造 sound component

  Sound component

zào

  

construct

Definitions

 

cāo

coarse, harsh, rough, unpolished rice; rough; coarse (in texture)

Most common words with 糙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

粗糙

crude

rough

糙米

brown rice