Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 谷 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
俗
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
俗
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
俗
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
俗
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
俗
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
俗
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
俗
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
俗
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
俗
Regular
Modern
Chinese
俗 [sú]
custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
Japanese
noun
- layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
- local manners; modern customs
adj-na
- common; popular
- vulgar; low
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (115)
习俗 [xísú] #9,810
custom
习俗 [xísú] #9,810
custom
粗俗 [cūsú] #9,756
vulgar
世俗 [shìsú] #14,848
profane
民俗 [mínsú] #39,673
popular custom
不俗 [bùsú] #22,891
impressive
俗话 [súhuà] #25,658
common saying
俗话 [súhuà] #25,658
common saying
愤世嫉俗 [fènshìjísú] #10,861
to be cynical
愤世嫉俗 [fènshìjísú] #10,861
to be cynical
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JAPANESE WORDS (158)
⭐ 風俗 [ふうぞく] #16,837
manners
低俗 [ていぞく] #27,702
vulgar
俗に言う [ぞくにいう] #28,452
what is colloquially called
俗物 [ぞくぶつ] #28,718
worldly-minded person
世俗 [せぞく] #30,412
worldly things
俗世 [ぞくせ] #32,535
this world
俗っぽい [ぞくっぽい] #37,922
vulgar
民俗学 [みんぞくがく] #42,429
folklore studies
俗称 [ぞくしょう] #45,064
common name
俗人 [ぞくじん] #45,832
person with low tastes
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