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糙

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rough; coarse (in texture)

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Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
16
Radical
米 +11
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
糙
Common rank
#4,347
Unicode
U+7CD9

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Formation & memory

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How 糙 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 meaning “rice” + 造 sound ( zào )

Components 米 造

How to remember it

rough · Heisig RSH #2038

米 rice + 造 create

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 糙

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
糙面内质网 cāo miàn nèi zhì wǎng rough endoplasmic reticulum
糙皮病 cāo pí bìng pellagra (medicine)
糙米 cāo mǐ brown rice
粗糙 cū cāo crude; gruff; rough; coarse

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 造 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
造 sound part zào to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
簉 zào subordinate; deputy; concubine