粗
粗 — Coarse
coarse, rough, rugged
On’yomiソ (so)
Kun’yomiあらい (arai)
Kun’yomiあら- (ara)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 粗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗末 | そまつ somatsu | crude; rough; plain |
| 粗い | あらい arai | coarse; rough |
| 粗筋 | あらすじ arasuji | outline; summary; argument |
| 粗大 | そだい sodai | coarse; rough; bulky |
| 粗品 | そしな soshina | small present; trifling gift; gift given out by companies to customers as a token of gratitude |
| 粗鋼 | そこう sokou | crude steel |
Study notes
粗 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1689 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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