Chinese symbol for “rough”
粗略
cū lüè
rough (not precise or accurate); cursory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rough is 粗略 (cū lüè), defined as: rough (not precise or accurate); cursory.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rough”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗犷 (粗獷) | cū guǎng | rough; rude |
| 糙 | cāo | rough; coarse (in texture) |
| 粗暴 | cū bào | crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh |
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly; probably |
| 草 | cǎo | grass; straw |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粗略.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗暴 | cū bào | crude; crass; rude; rough; harsh |
| 粗鲁 (粗魯) | cū lǔ | coarse; crude (in one's manner) |
| 粗糙 | cū cāo | crude; gruff |
| 粗大 | cū dà | thick; bulky |
| 粗俗 | cū sú | vulgar |
| 战略 (戰略) | zhàn lüè | strategy |
| 策略 | cè lüè | strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rough”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.