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俗 — Vulgar

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary school#1610 most used
vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
On’yomiゾク (zoku)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (9 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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

WordReadingMeaning
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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