Chinese symbol for “custom”
习俗
xí sú
Traditional: 習俗
custom; tradition; local tradition; convention
The closest CC-CEDICT match for custom is 习俗 (xí sú), defined as: custom; tradition; local tradition; convention.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “custom”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自定义 (自定義) | zì dìng yì | custom; user-defined |
| 习气 (習氣) | xí qì | custom; practice (usu. a regrettable one) |
| 习惯 (習慣) | xí guàn | habit; custom |
| 风 (風) | fēng | wind; news |
| 风习 (風習) | fēng xí | custom; practice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 习俗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学习 (學習) | xué xí | to learn; to study |
| 习惯 (習慣) | xí guàn | habit; custom |
| 练习 (練習) | liàn xí | to practice; exercise |
| 实习 (實習) | shí xí | to practice; field work |
| 演习 (演習) | yǎn xí | (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “custom”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.