Chinese symbol for “vulgarity”
恶俗
è sú
Traditional: 惡俗
bad habit; evil custom; vulgarity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vulgarity is 恶俗 (è sú), defined as: bad habit; evil custom; vulgarity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “vulgarity”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恶俗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 恶心 (噁心) | ě xīn | variant of 恶心 (ě xīn) |
| 恶化 (惡化) | è huà | to worsen |
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile; nasty |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vulgarity”.
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.