俗 — Chinese character
俗
sú
social customs; vulgar, unrefined
- Pinyin
- sú
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亻 谷
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 谷
- Japanese
- 俗 as a kanji
Common words with 俗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 习俗 (習俗) | xí sú | custom; tradition |
| 俗称 (俗稱) | sú chēng | commonly referred to as; common term |
| 风俗 (風俗) | fēng sú | social custom; 个 (gè) |
| 民俗 | mín sú | popular custom |
| 世俗 | shì sú | profane; secular |
| 通俗 | tōng sú | common; everyday |
| 俗话说 (俗話說) | sú huà shuō | as the proverb says; as they say... |
| 低俗 | dī sú | vulgar; poor taste |
| 粗俗 | cū sú | vulgar |
| 庸俗 | yōng sú | vulgar; tacky |
| 不俗 | bù sú | impressive; out of the ordinary |
| 俗名 | sú míng | vernacular name; lay name (of a priest) |
English words written with 俗
俗 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 45
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Mencius 1B.1
- Mencius 2A.1
- Mencius 4B.30
- Mencius 6B.6
- Mencius 6B.9
- Mencius 7B.37
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.