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Mythic Mandarin

粗 (cū): meaning and stroke order

粗 (cū) means (of sth long) wide; thick, (of sth granular) coarse, (of a voice) gruff.

粗

Simplified
粗
Traditional
粗, 觕, 麤
Pinyin
cū

Stroke order of 粗

粗

  • cū (of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse
  • cū variant of 粗[cu1]
  • cū remote; distant; variant of 粗[cu1]
  • 11 strokes
  • Traditional form: 觕

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 粗

  1. cū
    • (of sth long) wide; thick
    • (of sth granular) coarse
    • (of a voice) gruff
    • (of sb's manner etc) rough; crude; careless; rude
  2. cū Traditional 觕
    • variant of 粗[cu1]
  3. cū Traditional 麤
    • remote; distant
    • variant of 粗[cu1]

Radical and structure

粗
Radical 米 (Kangxi radical 119) · 11 strokes · 米 on the left, 且 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

粗 in our stories

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  • 妈妈根本不知道镜头开着。她一边拉面，一边数落儿子：“你看看你，练了半年，胳膊还没我粗！”

    māma gēnběn bù zhīdao jìngtóu kāi zhe tā yìbiān lāmiàn yìbiān shǔluo érzi nǐ kànkan nǐ liàn le bànnián gēbo hái méi wǒ cū

    His mother had no idea the camera was on. Pulling noodles, she scolded her son: "Look at you—six months of training and your arms still aren't as thick as mine!"

    From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 粗

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).