粗粝
cū​lì

coarse

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)

粝 lì unpolished rice Simplified

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
厉
厉 Sound component
lì whetstone

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.645
Readings & variants
Unicode

糲 unpolished rice Traditional

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
厲
厲 Sound component
lì whetstone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlajH[r]ˤat-s dehusked but not polished grain
lat[r]ˤat dehusked but not polished grain
ljejH[r]at-s dehusked but not polished grain

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.645
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart