粗 means “coarse, rough, crude”

あらい · arai

Also: rugged

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): あらい, あら-
On'yomi (Chinese reading): ソ

JLPT N1 · Taught in secondary school · 11 strokes

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Rice (米) beside 且: picture grain heaped up unpolished, still rough from the field. 粗い is coarse, 粗大ごみ is the big trash, sofas and bikes, that needs its own pickup, and a gift labeled 粗品, a trifle, is modesty, not a warning.

Used in 粗い (arai, coarse/rough), 粗末 (somatsu, crude/shabby), and 粗大ごみ (sodaigomi, oversized garbage)

粗 means “coarse, rough, crude”

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