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俗

JLPT N1 9 strokes Frequency: #1610

Meanings

Vulgar, Customs, Manners, Worldliness, Mundane Things

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻谷

Etymology

Pictophonetic: person

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 diagonal right-to-left

4 dot right-to-left

5 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

6 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ゾク zoku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

144 words total

Other (20 words)

俗称ぞくしょう

common name

俗世界ぞくせかい

everyday world

俗体ぞくたい

appearance of a layperson (as opposed to a Buddhist priest)

俗物ぞくぶつ

worldly-minded person

俗謡ぞくよう

popular song

俗話ぞくわ

small talk

俗文ぞくぶん

(piece of) writing in colloquial style

俗吏ぞくり

petty official

通俗つうぞく

popular

通俗文学つうぞくぶんがく

school of popular writing

vulgar

local customs

vulgar

manners

American English colloquialism

mediocrity

folklore studies

common name

vulgarity

folk customs

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