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Crude Rough Humble Coarse Shelf 粗 ソ あら.い、あら

Kanji
Onyomi
Kunyomi あら.い、あら-
English coarse, rough, rugged
Examples 粗末(そまつ): crude; rough; plain; humble
粗い(あらい): coarse; rough
粗筋(あらすじ): outline; summary
粗(あら): (1) leftovers (after filleting a fish) (2) rice chaff (3) flaw (esp. of a person) (4) rough; roughly (5) crude; raw; natural; wild
粗衣(そい): simple clothes; humble clothes
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1689
Components 米: rice; USA; metre
且: moreover; also; furthermore
Number of Strokes 11
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 119
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading こめ・こめへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword coarse
Koohii Story 1 Japanese carpenters don't use sandpaper, they use rice-paper(rice glued on to some paper). Here the carpenter is using the coarse paper to smooth out the shelf he's making.
Koohii Story 2 Ugh, why does this shelf feel so coarse? Because it´s made of rice, of coarse! Get it? Of coarse?? Hahahahahahahahahah god i hate my life.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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