犷 (guǎng): rough; uncouth; wild

Meanings

他粗犷的唱腔很动人。

Tā cūguǎng de chàngqiāng hěn dòngrén.

His rough, bold style of singing is very moving.

草原风光带着一种粗犷的美。

Cǎoyuán fēngguāng dài zhe yì zhǒng cūguǎng de měi.

The grassland scenery carries a wild, untamed beauty.

usage

Almost always in 粗犷. It can be negative (coarse, boorish) or positive (bold and rugged, like rough-hewn art or wild scenery) depending on context.

radical

犭 quǎn

dog; beast

The beast radical, the left-side form of 犬, evokes a fierce animal, the root of the original 'savage, untamed' sense.

phonetic

广 guǎng

wide; broad

Supplies the sound directly: 广 is read guǎng, matching the whole character.

犷 guǎng