粗糙
cū​cāo HSK7

rough

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)

糙 cāo coarse

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
造
造 Sound component
zào construct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangskʰuːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang