粗略
cū lüè · HSK 7
rough
✏️ cū lüè = coarse +略 brief strategy — a rough sketch, not the full plan
粗 means coarse or thick, 略 means brief or approximate. Together they describe something done without detail or precision — like a cursory glance or a rough estimate.
粗 — rice 米 + crude/rough 且
A semantic-phonetic compound. The left 米 (rice) hints at the meaning, since unhulled or coarsely milled rice is rough and grainy. The right 且 supplies the sound. From 'coarse rice' the meaning extended to 'thick, rough, crude' in general.
略 — field 田 + each 各 (phonetic)
略 is a semantic-phonetic compound: 田 'field' gives the meaning and 各 supplies the sound. It originally referred to surveying or marking out fields and territory, then extended to 'plan, strategy' and 'seize/conquer.' From there it broadened to the modern senses 'outline, brief, omit, slightly.'