俗
俗 — Vulgar
vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
On’yomiゾク (zoku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 俗
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 風俗 | ふうぞく fuuzoku | manners; customs; public morals |
| 俗語 | ぞくご zokugo | colloquialism; colloquial language; slang |
| 民俗 | みんぞく minzoku | folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs |
| 通俗的 | つうぞくてき tsuuzokuteki | popular; common; commonplace |
| 公序良俗 | こうじょりょうぞく koujoryouzoku | public order and morals; social standards; public policy |
| 俗に | ぞくに zokuni | commonly (called, said, etc.); popularly; colloquially |
Study notes
俗 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1610 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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