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犷

獷
guǎng
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 rough; uncouth; wild

Examples

HSK 5
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.
HSK 7-9
他粗犷的唱腔很动人。
Tā cūguǎng de chàngqiāng hěn dòngrén.
His rough, bold style of singing is very moving.

Tips

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.

Components

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.

Stroke Order

犷 guǎng