俗
俗·vulgar, customs, manners
- On-yomi
- ぞく
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俗語 | ぞくご | slang, colloquialism |
| 民俗 | みんぞく | folk customs, folklore |
| 風俗 | ふうぞく | manners and customs of a time |
| 世俗 | せぞく | the secular world, worldly things |
| 俗に | ぞくに | commonly, as people say |
Example sentences
この言い方は俗語なので、作文では使わない。
このいいかたはぞくごなので、さくぶんではつかわない。
This expression is slang, so don't use it in an essay.
江戸時代の風俗を描いた絵だ。
えどじだいのふうぞくをえがいたえだ。
It is a painting depicting the manners of the Edo period.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- 民俗 (みんぞく, folk customs) and 民族 (みんぞく, an ethnic group) sound identical — check the second kanji.
- 俗 can mean 'vulgar', but in 民俗 and 風俗 it simply means 'of the common people'.
Memory aid
Picture it
A person 亻 down in the valley 谷: the ordinary people and the everyday customs they live by.
Vocabulary using this kanji
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