Mnemonic
You haul a sack of rice up the stairs, but the steps are so coarse and rough that the burlap snags and tears open. Rice pours down the coarse, splintery stairs, each grain bouncing off the crude, unfinished wood. Nobody bothered to sand these stairs—total neglect.
Additional thoughts
Picture rough-hewn wooden stairs with splinters catching the rice sack. The coarseness of the stairs directly causes the rice to spill—linking both radicals to the keyword through one vivid cause-and-effect image.Quick recall
A sack of rice rips on stairs too coarse and splintery, scattering grains everywhere.Details
The keyword for 粗 is coarse. This kanji conveys the idea of something rough, crude, or lacking in refinement. It describes things that are unpolished, poorly made, or of inferior quality, as opposed to fine or delicate. It can also carry a sense of carelessness or negligence in workmanship or behavior.
- On'yomi
- そ
- Kun'yomi
- あら.い、あら-