粗犷
cū​guǎng

rugged

粗 cū rough, coarse

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
且
且 Sound component
qiě moreover
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshuNə-s.r̥ˤa coarse, thick (as hair)

說文解字

《說文》：“粗，疏也。从米，且聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

犷 guǎng, jǐng fierce Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of 獷.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

广
广 Sound component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

獷 fierce Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 廣 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

廣
廣 Sound component
guǎng wide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaŋʔ
kʷraːŋʔ

說文解字

犬獷獷不可附也。从犬廣聲。漁陽有獷平縣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)