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糙

cāo
adjective #24,836

Meanings

  1. 1 rough
  2. 2 coarse (in texture)
  3. 3 crude / careless

Examples

他的手因常年干活变得很糙。
Tā de shǒu yīn chángnián gànhuó biàn de hěn cāo.
His hands became very rough from years of manual labor.
这篇文章写得太糙了，需要修改。
Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de tài cāo le, xūyào xiūgǎi.
This article is written too carelessly and needs revision.
糙米比白米更有营养。
Cāo mǐ bǐ bái mǐ gèng yǒu yíngyǎng.
Brown rice is more nutritious than white rice.

Tips

usage
糙 can describe physical texture (rough surface, unpolished grain) or figurative crudeness (rough work, careless writing). The compound 糙米 (cāomǐ) meaning 'brown rice' is very common.
memory
糙 contains the rice radical 米 (mǐ) on the left — think of unpolished, coarse rice to remember its meaning of rough or crude.

Stroke Order

糙 cāo