# 粗 rough texture / bad quality

米 (rice / America) + (Abe Lincoln's Hat) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
11 strokes
JERK
Apparently it also means 'approximate', but not in any context you're likely to see it. The two MAIN jerk meanings are enough to keep you confused for a while.

## Onyomi

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## Mnemonic

| Some One has a stovepipe hat with the rough texture of rice - such bad quality! Everyone knows stovepipe hats should be smooth like silk.

## Kunyomi

あら*い | coarse or crude KANA ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

粗品(そしな) | a lame gift ★★★☆☆ FP F 粗 (rough texture / bad quality) + 品 (products) = 粗品 (a lame gift) a lame gift - by law no matter what you give someone, you have to apologize to them for not giving a better gift. You say,粗品ですが、どうぞ。
粗チン(そちん) | small pud ★☆☆☆☆ ABU a small or wack pud. That is to say, an unsatisfactory penis.
粗末(そまつ) な | Shabby ☆☆☆☆☆ 粗 (rough texture / bad quality) + 末 (the tip) = 粗末 (Shabby) poor quality, shabby

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
組 | one's team | STRING | 糸
祖 | ancestor | NECROPHILIA | ネ
相 | partner | TREE | 木
粗 | rough texture / bad quality | RICE | 米
阻 | hamper | TOWN |

Team spirit is the STRING that binds us into a unit.

We do NECROPHILIA with our ancestors.

The TREE is our partner in the oxygen/co2 cycle.

My RICE is bad quality so everyone in TOWN hampered me from selling it!