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粗 — Coarse

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary school#1689 most used
coarse, rough, rugged
On’yomi (so)
Kun’yomiあら (arai)
Kun’yomiあら- (ara)

Stroke order (11 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

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

WordReadingMeaning
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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