粗 (Kanji for rough texture / bad quality)

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

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!

粗 rough texture / bad quality

Onyomi

Mnemonic

Kunyomi

Jukugo

Lookalikes