粗 (cū) — coarse, rough, thick; careless

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粗 character · TOCFL 4 (est.)

粗＝米＋且

ㄘㄨ · cū

adj — coarse, rough, thick; careless

字源 FORM — what the parts do

米義grain — milled coarse, not fine

且聲qiě — gives the sound, worn far from the grain

{c,q,z,j}ITqiě → cū — the sibilant slid across, tone with it

Grain (米) left coarse, husks and all; 且 qiě carries the sound, worn down to cū. From rough grain comes everything coarse — 粗糙、粗線 — and rough handling: 粗心、粗魯.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一把米（米）只粗粗舂過，糠還在——粗。

A handful of grain (米) only roughly pounded, husk still on — coarse.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)粗、粗糙— coarse, rough常用

→粗大、粗線— thick (in girth)

⇒粗心、粗魯— careless, crude

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension