俗 – vulgar, customs, manners

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1610 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 俗 means vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゾク (zoku). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゾク	zoku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・口・谷・ハ・个.

Words using 俗

風俗ふうぞくmanners民俗みんぞくfolk customs

Example sentences

その地方ではその古い風俗がなお存続している。

The old custom is still kept up in that district.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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