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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
粗糙 word · TOCFL 5 (est.)
粗糙 =
ㄘㄨ ㄘㄠ · cūcāo
adj — coarse, rough (to the touch); crude, shoddy

字源 FORM — what the parts do

coarse, rough (粗心)
coarse, unpolished (糙米)cāo
粗糙,粗心的粗,糙米的糙。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

兩個字都從米(米)——沒舂過的米,粒粒帶殼,摸著扎手。
Both glyphs hold rice (米): unmilled grain still in its husk, rough under the hand.
字源
關 · Related
光滑guānghuásmooth — the oppositecāomǐbrown rice — the same