Kanji 俗: vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things

Key takeaways

Kanji 俗: vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

俗

Meaning

vulgarcustomsmannersworldlinessmundane things

On reading

ゾク

Radical

人

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 俗

vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things

Kanji structure breakdown

俗

Structure breakdown

亻 + 谷

Mnemonic story

When people (亻) live together in a valley (谷), they develop their own local customs and manners. It represents the common ways of the world or mundane, everyday life.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

ゾク

風俗ふうぞく
customs / manners / sex industry
民俗みんぞく
folk customs / traditional culture

Commonly used words

風俗
ふうぞく
customs / manners / sex industry
民俗
みんぞく
folk customs / traditional culture

Example sentences

Example 1

日本の風俗を学びたいです。

Translation

I want to learn about Japanese customs.

Example 2

その町には風俗店が多いです。

Translation

There are many sex industry establishments in that town.

Example 3

この村の民俗を学びたいです。

Translation

I want to study the folk customs of this village.

Example 4

民俗祭りは毎年にぎやかです。

Translation

The folk festival is lively every year.

Kanji 俗: vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things

Kanji at a glance

Core meaning / core image

Kanji structure breakdown

Mnemonic story

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

Commonly used words

Example sentences

風俗 (ふうぞく): meaning and examples

民俗 (みんぞく): meaning and examples