糙 Strokes Write it Listen 糙 cāo coarse, harsh, rough; coarse rice HSK 7–9 16 strokes Radical 米 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from米meaningmǐrice, millet, grain造soundzàoto build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture How it works米 hints at the meaning (rice), and 造 zào hints at the sound.