粗

See also: 麤, 麄, and 麁

Translingual

Han character

粗 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 火木月一 (FDBM), four-corner 9791₀, composition ⿰米且)

Derived characters

• 𪮩, 𫏝, 𬖼

Related characters

• 麤, 麄, 麁 (Variant forms)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 907, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26898
• Dae Jaweon: page 1333, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3144, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7C97

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Chinese

trad.		粗
simp. #		粗
alternative forms		麤／粗 麄 麁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粗
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰaː, *zaːʔ) : semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cū (cu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhû
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu¹
    • Yale: tsū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsu
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhû
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou³³/

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• Middle Chinese: dzuX

Rime
Character	粗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徂古切
Baxter	dzuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zuoX/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zuoX/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zoX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zɔX/
Li Rong	/d͡zoX/
Wang Li	/d͡zuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱuoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*Nə-s.r̥ˤa/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰaː/, /*zaːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cū
Middle Chinese	‹ tshu ›
Old Chinese	/*Nə-s.r̥ˁa/
English	coarse, thick (as hair)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粗	粗
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10403	10408
Phonetic component	且	且
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	麤	粗
Old Chinese	/*sʰaː/	/*zaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 粗

1. coarse; rough
2. vulgar; rude; crude
3. thick; heavy; bulky (especially of cylindrical objects)

   頭髮粗硬／头发粗硬  ―  tóufà cū yìng  ―  the hair is rough and stiff

   腿粗的男生  ―  tuǐ cū de nánshēng  ―  man with large thighs

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

粗

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
• Kun: あらい (arai, 粗い, Jōyō); ほぼ (hobo, 粗)

Compounds

Compounds

• 粗景(そけい) (sokei): gift
• 粗糙(そそう) (sosō): coarseness, roughness

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Korean

Hanja

粗 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 粗 (thô, sồ, to, xồ)

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References

• Nom Foundation