糙 (cāo): rough, coarse (in texture)
糙 (cāo) is a Chinese character meaning “rough.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 米 (semantic) and 造 (phonetic). It ranks #2807 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 糙 rice. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 米 (mǐ, uncooked rice), 类 (lèi, kind), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- rough
- coarse (in texture)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗糙 | cū cāo | crude |
| 糙米 | cāo mǐ | brown rice |
| 糙面内质网 | cāo miàn nèi zhì wǎng | rough endoplasmic reticulum |
| 糙皮病 | cāo pí bìng | pellagra (medicine) |
糙 appears in 4 compound words: 75 as the first character, 25 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 糙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
糙字在日常生活中使用频率较低。
cāo zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .
The character "糙" is not commonly used in everyday life.
无糖食物一览表包含主食吗?糙米、藜麦是否列入
wú táng shí wù yī lǎn biǎo bāo hán zhǔ shí ma ? cāo mǐ , 藜 mài shì fǒu liè rù
Does the list of sugar-free foods include staple foods? Whether brown rice and quinoa are included
鲨鱼皮比金枪鱼皮粗糙多了。
Shāyú pí bǐ jīnqiāngyú pí cūcāo duō le.
The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
你更喜欢白米还是糙米呢？
Nǐ gèng xǐhuan báimǐ háishi cāomǐ ne?
Do you prefer white rice or brown rice?
她的裙子是用粗糙的羊毛造的。
Tā de qúnzi shì yòng cūcāo de yángmáo zào de.
Her dress was made of coarse wool.
它们是用粗糙的褐色皮革制成的。
Tāmen shì yòng cūcāo de hèsè pígé zhìchéng de.
They were made of rough brown leather.
这件物件的表面颇为粗糙。
Zhè jiàn wùjiàn de biǎomiàn pōwéi cūcāo.
The surface of the object is fairly rough.
Character Family
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