“Vulgar” or “Common” in Japanese kanji, and the Stroke Order and Meanings of Kanji “俗”
Japanese Jouyou-kanji “俗” means “Popular”, “Unwashed” or “Plebeian” etc.
Jouyou Kanji “俗”
Jouyou Kanji “俗” Stroke Order
| Stroke # | 9 Strokes |
|---|---|
| On-Yomi | ぞく(zoku) |
| Kun-Yomi | いや(しい)(iya(shii)) |
| なら(わし)(nara(washi)) | |
| Meanings | Regular level, Vulgar, Coarse |
| Custom, Tradition | |
| Society, Regular people, General person | |
| Ordinary, Common, Average |
Kanji words which contain Kanji “俗”, and their meanings
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| 俗悪(ぞくあく-zo ku a ku) | Vulgar, Coarse, Meretricious, Lowbrow |
| 俗縁(ぞくえん-zo ku e n) | Worldly connection |
| 俗学(ぞくがく-zo ku ga ku) | Popular learning, Worldly study |
| 俗楽(ぞくがく-zo ku ga ku) | Popular music, Common people’s music, Worldly music |
| 俗眼(ぞくがん-zo ku ga n) | Popular opinion |
| 俗諺(ぞくげん-zo ku ge n) | Popular saying, Proverb |
| 俗語(ぞくご-zo ku go) | Slang, Popular term |
| 俗才(ぞくさい-zo ku sa i) | Worldly wisdom, Practical wisdom |
| 俗士(ぞくし-zo ku shi) | Layman, secular person, Common people |
| 俗字(ぞくじ-zo ku ji) | Popular simplified characters, Nonstandard characters, Simplified Kanji character |
| 俗耳(ぞくじ-zo ku ji) | Vulgar ears, Attention of the masses, Matter of public interest |
| 俗事(ぞくじ-zo ku ji) | Worldly affairs, Daily routine, Everyday affairs, Common cares, Routine work, Daily chores |
| 俗儒(ぞくじゅ-zo ku ju) | Mediocre scholar |
| 俗習(ぞくしゅう-zo ku shu u) | Custom, Convention |
| 俗臭(ぞくしゅう-zo ku shu u) | Vulgarity, Worldliness |
| 俗書(ぞくしょ-zo ku sho) | ① Cheap fiction, Vulgar fiction, ② Apocrypha |
| 俗称(ぞくしょう-zo ku sho u) | Popular name, Common name |
| 俗情(ぞくじょう-zo ku jo u) | Worldly-mindedness, Worldly affairs |
| 俗心(ぞくしん-zo ku shi n) | Worldly mind |
| 俗人(ぞくじん-zo ku ji n) | ① Person with low tastes, Uncultured person, Worldly person, ② Ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood), Layperson, Layman |
| 俗塵(ぞくじん-zo ku ji n) | Earthly affairs, Dusty world, Madding crowd (of society), Daily troubles of life |
| 俗世(ぞくせ or ぞくせい-zo ku se (or) zo ku se i) | Tis world, Everyday world, Earthly existence, Mundane life |
| 俗性(ぞくせい-zo ku se i) | Vulgar and low nature |
| 俗姓(ぞくせい or ぞくしょう-zo ku se i (or) zo ku sho u) | ① Commonly known family name and family background, ② The surname of a monk when he was a layman |
| 俗世間(ぞくせけん-zo ku se ke n) | ① This world, Earthly world, Secular society, ② Ordinary world, Everyday life, Workaday world |
| 俗説(ぞくせつ-zo ku se tsu) | Popular belief, Common saying, Popular version, Folklore |
| 俗談(ぞくだん-zo ku da n) | Common talk, Worldly conversation |
| 俗調(ぞくちょう-zo ku cho u) | Popular music, Vulgar music |
| 俗伝(ぞくでん-zo ku de n) | Popular belief, Popular saying |
| 俗念(ぞくねん-zo ku ne n) | Worldliness, Worldly ambition, Unholy desires |
| 俗輩(ぞくはい-zo ku ha i) | Worldlings, The crowd |
| 俗物(ぞくぶつ-zo ku bu tsu) | Vulgar person, Worldly‐minded person, Materialist, Uncultured person |
| 俗文(ぞくぶん-zo ku bu n) | ① Vulgar writing, ② Piece of writing in colloquial style, Popular style, Familiar style |
| 俗務(ぞくむ-zo ku mu) | Worldly affairs, Temporal concerns, Secular affairs, Worldly cares, Daily routine |
| 俗名(ぞくめい-zo ku me i) | Common name, Name used in life, Popular name |
| 俗用(ぞくよう-zo ku yo u) | ① Everyday affairs, Mundane matters, ② Popular usage |
| 俗謡(ぞくよう-zo ku yo u) | Popular song, Ballad, Folk song, Ditty |
| 俗吏(ぞくり-zo ku ri) | Petty official |
| 俗流(ぞくりゅう-zo ku ryu u) | Common run of men, Worldly customs |
| 俗論(ぞくろん-zo ku ro n) | Conventional view, Popular opinion |
| 俗化(ぞっか-zo kka) | Vulgarization, Popularization, Secularization |
| 俗歌(ぞっか-zo kka) | Popular song, Folk song, Ditty, Ballad |
| 俗界(ぞっかい-zo kka i) | World, The dusty world, The earthy world |
| 俗解(ぞっかい-zo kka i) | Explanation in common language |
| 俗間(ぞっかん-zo kka n) | World, Public, Common people, Folks |
| 俗曲(ぞっきょく-zo kkyo ku) | Folk song, Ballard, Popular song |
| 俗気(ぞっけ or ぞっき-zo kke (or) zo kki) | Vulgarity, Worldliness, Worldly ambition |
| 異俗(いぞく-i zo ku) | Strange custom, Quaint custom |
| 雅俗(がぞく-ga zo ku) | Refined and Vulgar, Classical and colloquial |
| 還俗(げんそく-ge n zo ku) | Return to secular life (of a monk), Secularization |
| 習俗(しゅうぞく-shu u zo ku) | Custom, Folkways, Manners and customs |
| 世俗(せぞく-se zo ku) | ① Worldly things, Common customs, Ordinary life, Popular taste, ② World, Common people, The masses, ③ Secularity |
| 脱俗(だつぞく-da tsu zo ku) | Unworldliness, Saintliness |
| 超俗(ちょうぞく-cho u zo ku) | Otherworldliness, Spirituality, Spiritualism, Spiritism |
| 通俗(つうぞく-tsu u zo ku) | Popular, Common |
| 蛮俗(ばんぞく-ba n zo ku) | Barbaric customs, Rude habits |
| 卑俗(ひぞく-hi zo ku) | Vulgar, Coarse, Crude, Earthy, Low, Scurvy, Humble, Low |
| 風俗(ふうぞく-fu u zo ku) | ① Manners, Customs, ② Public morals, ③ Sex service, Sex industry, Sex-oriented entertainment |
| 民俗(みんぞく-mi n zo ku) | Folk customs, Folkways, Ethnic customs |
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