Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: coarse, rough, rugged

Kunyomi: あら.い あら-

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: rice

Examples

Onyomi Examples

coarse, rough, crude, raw, unrefined

ソコウ crude steel

セイソ fineness or coarseness, minuteness or roughness

Kunyomi Examples

あらい coarse, rough