# 俗

| 俗 | U+4FD7, &#20439; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FD7 |
| ← 俖 [U+4FD6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 俘 → [U+4FD8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

俗 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人金人口 (OCOR), four-corner 2826$_8$, composition ⿰亻谷)

#### Usage notes

This character is not to be confused with 𠈻 (U+2023B) which has 𧮫 instead of 谷 as its right component.

#### Derived characters

* 𠸘, 𠑉, 𫤈

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 695
* Dae Jaweon: page 221, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 163, character 10
* Unihan data for U+4FD7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俗 :
| Western Zhou | Spring and Autumn | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| Bronze inscriptionsb12355b12356b12357b12358b12359b12360Small seal scripts05809Transcribed ancient scriptsL37601L37602L37603L37604L25644L25645L25646L25647 |||||
| References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script). |||||
| | Old Chinese |
| 螸 | *lo |
| 裕 | *loɡs |
| 容 | *loŋ |
| 溶 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 鎔 | *loŋ |
| 蓉 | *loŋ |
| 傛 | *loŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 褣 | *loŋ |
| 搈 | *loŋ |
| 瑢 | *loŋ |
| 嵱 | *loŋ |
| 熔 | *loŋ |
| 榕 | *loŋ |
| 塎 | *loŋʔ |
| 谷 | *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ |
| 唂 | *kloːɡ |
| 焀 | *ɡloːɡ |
| 俗 | *ljoɡ |
| 欲 | *loɡ |
| 浴 | *loɡ |
| 鵒 | *loɡ |
| 峪 | *ɦkloːɡ |
| 鋊 | *loɡ |
| 輍 | *loɡ |
| 慾 | *loɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljoɡ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ) – customs of people.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *luk (“custom; manner”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ལུགས (lugs, “tradition; custom”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sú (su$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xuo$^2$ / xu$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zuk$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): duuk$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiuh$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): siu̍k
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiug$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xyeh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̆
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̆k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sio̍k / sio̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sog$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zoq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sou$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sú
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sú
*** Wade–Giles: su$^2$
*** Yale: sú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swu
*** Palladius: су (su)
*** Sinological IPA : /su³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xuo$^2$ / xu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiuo / xy
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕyo²¹/, /ɕy²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^6$
*** Yale: juhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: duuk$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵk̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiuh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiuʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiug
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯uk̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /siʊk̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xyeh$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /sy²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
*** Sinological IPA : /syʔ⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun, Zhangzhou, Zhangpu, Changtai, Longyan, General Taiwanese, Klang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
*** Tâi-lô: sio̍k
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siok
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Yongchun, Philippines): /siɔk̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Nan'an, Hui'an): /siɔk̚²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangpu): /siɔk̚¹⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Changtai, Klang): /siɔk̚³/
*** IPA (Longyan): /siok̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Yongchun)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍h
*** Tâi-lô: sio̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sioih
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /sioʔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Yongchun): /sioʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Nan'an, Hui'an): /sioʔ²³/
* sio̍k - literary (“cheap; custom”);
* sio̍h - vernacular (俗) (“boring; lonely; ordinary”).
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit俗 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /su³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕy²⁴/ /su²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕy⁴⁵/ /su⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /sy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /sy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /su⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /su²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /səu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕyo³¹/ /ɕy³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕiu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /su³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /suʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /suəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕyʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕyəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zoʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zoʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zoʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jo²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /su²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /siu⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /səu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /səɯ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiuʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /siuk̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /siuk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sok̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /suk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡suk̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siɔk̚⁵/ /sioʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /syʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /sy²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /sok̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tok̚³/ |
* Middle Chinese: zjowk
Rime :
| Character | 俗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似足切 |
| Baxter | zjowk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /zɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /zuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ziok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭwok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-[ɢ]ok/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljoɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 俗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjowk › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-[ɢ]ok/ |
| English | ways, customs; vulgar |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 俗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4302 |
| Phonetic component | 谷 |
| Rime group | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 續 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljoɡ/ |
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Dungan”

### Definitions

俗
* vulgar; unrefined; common; popular; vernacular
* (Hokkien) cheap; inexpensive
* custom; practice; habit
* (Buddhism) those of the secular world; non-monks
* (Mainland China Hokkien) boring; dull; uninteresting; drab
* (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) lonely; desolate; lonesome
* (Xiamen Hokkien) ordinary; common; mediocre

#### Synonyms

* (boring):
* 乏味 (fáwèi)
* 乾燥 / 干燥 (gānzào)
* 乾癟 / 干瘪 (gānbiě) (of writing)
* 單一 / 单一 (dānyī)
* 單調 / 单调 (dāndiào)
* 枯燥 (kūzào)
* 枯索 (kūsuǒ) (literary)
* 沒趣 / 没趣 (méiqù)
* 無俗 / 无俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 無味 / 无味 (wúwèi)
* 無局 / 无局 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
* 無想俗 / 无想俗 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 無聊 / 无聊 (wúliáo)
* 無藝 / 无艺 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 無藝量 / 无艺量 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
* 無趣 / 无趣 (wúqù)
* (lonely):
* 孤單 / 孤单 (gūdān)
* 孤孑 (gūjié) (literary)
* 孤寂 (gūjì)
* 孤獨 / 孤独 (gūdú)
* 寂寞 (jìmò)
* 寂寥 (jìliáo)
* 挑另 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
* 落寞 (luòmò)
* (ordinary):
* 一般 (yībān)
* 一般子 (i$^6$ ban$^1$ zr) (Xiang)
* 凡庸 (fányōng)
* 尋常 / 寻常 (xúncháng)
* 對頭 / 对头 (chiefly in the negative)
* 平凡 (píngfán)
* 平常 (píngcháng)
* 平庸 (píngyōng)
* 平板 (píngbǎn)
* 平淡 (píngdàn)
* 普通 (pǔtōng)
* 正常 (zhèngcháng)
* 泛泛 (fànfàn)
* 簡單 / 简单 (jiǎndān)
* 通常 (tōngcháng)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 便宜, 低廉, 低賤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 便宜, 賤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 便宜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 便宜, 賤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 便宜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 便宜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 便宜, 賤 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 便宜, 賤 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 便宜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 便宜, 賤 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 便宜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 便宜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 便宜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 相因, 便宜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 便宜, 相因 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 相因 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 便宜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 便宜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 便宜, 划廉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 便宜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 巧, 便宜 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 便宜, 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 平, 便宜 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 平宜 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 平 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 平, 抵得 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 平 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 平 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 平枯 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 平 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 平 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 平 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 平 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 平, 平宜 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 平 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 平 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 平 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 平 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 便宜 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 便宜 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 便宜, 平 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 便宜, 平 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 平 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 平 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 平 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 平 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 便宜, 平 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 平 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 平, 便宜 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 平 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 便宜 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 便宜 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 便宜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 便宜, 賤 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 便宜, 賤 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 便宜 |
| Northern Min | Shunchang (Yangdun) | 平 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 平 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 平 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 便宜 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 便宜, 賤 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 俗 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 俗, 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 俗 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 便 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 便 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 便 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 便 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 便 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 便宜 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 便宜 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 相因 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 相因 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 平 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 平 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 平 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Danyang | 便宜, 賤 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 便宜, 𠼢 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鬆, 便宜 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 便宜, 賤 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 便宜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 便宜 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 便宜, 賤 |

### Compounds

* 一表非俗
* 不俗 (bùsú)
* 不僧不俗
* 不塵俗 / 不尘俗
* 不尋俗 / 不寻俗
* 不流世俗
* 不落俗套 (bùluòsútào)
* 世俗 (shìsú)
* 世俗之見 / 世俗之见
* 亂俗 / 乱俗
* 亂俗傷風 / 乱俗伤风
* 低俗 (dīsú)
* 俗不可耐 (súbùkěnài)
* 俗世 (súshì)
* 俗事
* 俗人 (súrén)
* 俗例 (súlì)
* 俚俗 (lǐsú)
* 俗儒
* 俗務 / 俗务
* 俗化 (súhuà)
* 俗吏 (súlì)
* 俗名 (súmíng)
* 俗名兒 / 俗名儿
* 俗士
* 俗套 (sútào)
* 俗子 (súzǐ)
* 俗字 (súzì)
* 俗客
* 俗家 (sújiā)
* 俗尚 (súshàng)
* 俗念 (súniàn)
* 俗情
* 俗慮 / 俗虑
* 俗文學 / 俗文学
* 俗曲 (súqǔ)
* 俗本
* 俗樂 / 俗乐 (súyuè)
* 俗氛
* 俗氣 / 俗气 (súqì)
* 俗流
* 俗物 (súwù)
* 俗界
* 俗眼
* 俗稱 / 俗称 (súchēng)
* 俗累
* 俗緣 / 俗缘
* 俗話 / 俗话 (súhuà)
* 俗話兒 / 俗话儿
* 俗語 / 俗语 (súyǔ)
* 俗語有話 / 俗语有话
* 俗諺 / 俗谚 (súyàn)
* 俗諺俚語 / 俗谚俚语
* 俗講 / 俗讲
* 俗讀 / 俗读
* 俗過賣貓 / 俗过卖猫
* 俗骨 (súgǔ)
* 俗體 / 俗体
* 俗體字 / 俗体字
* 俗麭 / 俗𮮆 (sio̍k-pháng)
* 傖俗 / 伧俗 (cāngsú)
* 傖夫俗人 / 伧夫俗人
* 傷化敗俗 / 伤化败俗
* 傷風敗俗 / 伤风败俗 (shāngfēngbàisú)
* 僧俗 (sēngsú)
* 免俗
* 入國問俗 / 入国问俗
* 入境問俗 / 入境问俗
* 入境隨俗 / 入境随俗 (rùjìngsuísú)
* 入鄉隨俗 / 入乡随俗 (rùxiāngsuísú)
* 凡俗 (fánsú)
* 凡夫俗子 (fánfūsúzǐ)
* 凡桃俗李
* 凡胎俗骨
* 化俗
* 匡俗濟時 / 匡俗济时
* 匡時濟俗 / 匡时济俗
* 卑俗 (bēisú)
* 同聲異俗 / 同声异俗
* 問俗 / 问俗
* 囂俗 / 嚣俗
* 固時俗 / 固时俗
* 土俗
* 土俗書 / 土俗书
* 土俗民情
* 地土風俗 / 地土风俗
* 塵俗 / 尘俗 (chénsú)
* 大俗賣 / 大俗卖
* 奇風異俗 / 奇风异俗
* 尋俗 / 寻俗
* 崇化厲俗 / 崇化厉俗
* 市俗
* 庸俗 (yōngsú)
* 從俗 / 从俗 (cóngsú)
* 從俗就簡 / 从俗就简
* 循俗
* 忿世嫉俗
* 憤世嫉俗 / 愤世嫉俗 (fènshìjísú)
* 懷磚之俗 / 怀砖之俗
* 成俗
* 抗塵走俗 / 抗尘走俗
* 拔俗 (bású)
* 拘俗守常
* 拘文牽俗 / 拘文牵俗
* 採風問俗 / 采风问俗
* 改俗遷風 / 改俗迁风
* 故家遺俗 / 故家遗俗
* 敗俗傷化 / 败俗伤化
* 敗俗傷風 / 败俗伤风
* 敗常亂俗 / 败常乱俗
* 敦世厲俗 / 敦世厉俗
* 敦風厲俗 / 敦风厉俗
* 方俗
* 易俗
* 易俗移風 / 易俗移风
* 時俗 / 时俗 (shísú)
* 時移俗易 / 时移俗易
* 末俗 (mòsú)
* 未能免俗
* 村俗
* 村夫俗子
* 村筋俗骨
* 染風習俗 / 染风习俗
* 欺世亂俗 / 欺世乱俗
* 欺世惑俗
* 欺世罔俗
* 歸俗 / 归俗
* 殊俗
* 毀風敗俗 / 毁风败俗
* 民俗 (mínsú)
* 民俗學 / 民俗学 (mínsúxué)
* 民俗曲藝 / 民俗曲艺
* 民俗療法 / 民俗疗法 (mínsú liáofǎ)
* 民俗音樂 / 民俗音乐
* 民淳俗厚
* 流俗 (liúsú)
* 流風遺俗 / 流风遗俗
* 流風餘俗 / 流风余俗
* 淺俗 / 浅俗
* 混俗和光
* 渾俗和光 / 浑俗和光
* 澆風薄俗 / 浇风薄俗
* 激貪厲俗 / 激贪厉俗
* 獷俗 / 犷俗
* 異俗 / 异俗
* 異政殊俗 / 异政殊俗
* 疾世憤俗 / 疾世愤俗
* 白丁俗客
* 省俗觀風 / 省俗观风
* 省方觀俗 / 省方观俗
* 矯世勵俗 / 矫世励俗
* 矯世變俗 / 矫世变俗
* 矯俗 / 矫俗
* 破俗
* 禮俗 / 礼俗 (lǐsú)
* 禮俗所拘 / 礼俗所拘
* 移風易俗 / 移风易俗 (yífēngyìsú)
* 積習成俗 / 积习成俗
* 粗俗 (cūsú)
* 約定俗成 / 约定俗成 (yuēdìngsúchéng)
* 絕俗 / 绝俗
* 絕俗離世 / 绝俗离世
* 絕塵拔俗 / 绝尘拔俗
* 習以成俗 / 习以成俗
* 習俗 / 习俗 (xísú)
* 聾俗 / 聋俗
* 脫俗 / 脱俗 (tuōsú)
* 脫俗之交 / 脱俗之交
* 舊俗 / 旧俗
* 苛俗
* 薄俗
* 襲以成俗 / 袭以成俗
* 觀風問俗 / 观风问俗
* 調風變俗 / 调风变俗
* 謠俗 / 谣俗
* 變風改俗 / 变风改俗
* 變風易俗 / 变风易俗
* 豔美絕俗 / 艳美绝俗
* 負俗 / 负俗
* 貞高絕俗 / 贞高绝俗
* 超世拔俗
* 超世絕俗 / 超世绝俗
* 超俗拔群
* 超俗絕世 / 超俗绝世
* 超塵出俗 / 超尘出俗 (chāochénchūsú)
* 超塵拔俗 / 超尘拔俗 (chāochénbású)
* 超然絕俗 / 超然绝俗
* 超群脫俗 / 超群脱俗
* 逃名溷俗
* 通俗 (tōngsú)
* 通俗劇 / 通俗剧
* 通俗文
* 通俗文學 / 通俗文学
* 通俗編 / 通俗编
* 通俗讀物 / 通俗读物
* 逸群絕俗 / 逸群绝俗
* 違世遁俗 / 违世遁俗
* 違時絕俗 / 违时绝俗
* 遺世絕俗 / 遗世绝俗
* 避世離俗 / 避世离俗
* 還俗 / 还俗 (huánsú)
* 鄉俗 / 乡俗 (xiāngsú)
* 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
* 鄙俗不堪
* 陋俗 (lòusú)
* 隨俗 / 随俗
* 隨俗沉浮 / 随俗沉浮
* 隨俗浮沉 / 随俗浮沉
* 隨鄉入俗 / 随乡入俗
* 雅俗
* 雅俗共賞 / 雅俗共赏 (yǎsúgòngshǎng)
* 雅俗稽言
* 離俗 / 离俗
* 非俗
* 順俗 / 顺俗
* 風世勵俗 / 风世励俗
* 風俗 / 风俗 (fēngsú)
* 風俗人情 / 风俗人情
* 風俗畫 / 风俗画
* 風俗習慣 / 风俗习惯 (fēngsú xíguàn)
* 風俗通義 / 风俗通义
* 風塵惡俗 / 风尘恶俗
* 風物習俗 / 风物习俗
* 風移俗改 / 风移俗改
* 風移俗易 / 风移俗易
* 風移俗變 / 风移俗变
* 飛遯離俗 / 飞遁离俗
* 驚世駭俗 / 惊世骇俗 (jīngshìhàisú)
* 高情邁俗 / 高情迈俗
* 高節邁俗 / 高节迈俗

### Further reading

* “俗”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぞく (zoku, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: しょく (shoku)
* Kun: ならわし (narawashi, 俗わし)
* Nanori: みち (michi)、よ (yo)

#### Compounds

* 俗悪(ぞくあく) (zokuaku)
* 俗縁(ぞくえん) (zokuen)
* 俗化(ぞっか) (zokka)
* 俗歌(ぞっか) (zokka)
* 俗画(ぞくが) (zokuga)
* 俗解(ぞくかい) (zokukai)
* 俗界(ぞっかい) (zokkai)
* 俗学(ぞくがく) (zokugaku)
* 俗楽(ぞくがく) (zokugaku)
* 俗間(ぞっかん) (zokkan)
* 俗眼(ぞくがん) (zokugan)
* 俗気(ぞっき) (zokki)
* 俗議(ぞくぎ) (zokugi)
* 俗曲(ぞっきょく) (zokkyoku)
* 俗形(ぞくぎょう) (zokugyō)
* 俗見(ぞっけん) (zokken)
* 俗言(ぞくしん) (zokushin)
* 俗諺(ぞくげん) (zokugen)
* 俗語(ぞくご) (zokugo)
* 俗才(ぞくさい) (zokusai)
* 俗事(ぞくじ) (zokuji)
* 俗字(ぞくじ) (zokuji)
* 俗耳(ぞくじ) (zokuji)
* 俗趣(ぞくしゅ) (zokushu)
* 俗儒(ぞくじゅ) (zokuju)
* 俗習(ぞくしゅう) (zokushū)
* 俗臭(ぞくしゅう) (zokushū)
* 俗衆(ぞくしゅう) (zokushū)
* 俗書(ぞくしょ) (zokusho)
* 俗称(ぞくしょう) (zokushō)
* 俗情(ぞくじょう) (zokujō)
* 俗信(ぞくしん) (zokushin)
* 俗人(ぞくじん) (zokujin)
* 俗塵(ぞくじん) (zokujin)
* 俗世(ぞくせ) (zokuse)
* 俗姓(ぞくせい) (zokusei)
* 俗説(ぞくせつ) (zokusetsu)
* 俗僧(ぞくそう) (zokusō)
* 俗体(ぞくしん) (zokushin)
* 俗諦(ぞくたい) (zokutai)
* 俗談(ぞくだん) (zokudan)
* 俗調(ぞくちょう) (zokuchō)
* 俗伝(ぞくでん) (zokuden)
* 俗念(ぞくねん) (zokunen)
* 俗輩(ぞくはい) (zokuhai)
* 俗筆(ぞくひつ) (zokuhitsu)
* 俗物(ぞくぶつ) (zokubutsu)
* 俗文(ぞくぶん) (zokubun)
* 俗名(ぞくみょう) (zokumyō)
* 俗務(ぞくむ) (zokumu)
* 俗用(ぞくよう) (zokuyō)
* 俗謡(ぞくよう) (zokuyō)
* 俗吏(ぞくり) (zokuri)
* 俗流(ぞくりゅう) (zokuryū)
* 俗累(ぞくるい) (zokurui)
* 俗論(ぞくろん) (zokuron)
* 俗話(ぞくわ) (zokuwa)
* 夷俗(いぞく) (izoku)
* 雅俗(がぞく) (gazoku)
* 旧俗(きゅうぞく) (kyūzoku)
* 郷俗(きょうぞく) (kyōzoku)
* 還俗(げんぞく) (genzoku)
* 古俗(こぞく) (kozoku)
* 在俗(ざいぞく) (zaizoku)
* 習俗(しゅうぞく) (shūzoku)
* 州俗(しゅうぞく) (shūzoku)
* 世俗(せぞく) (sezoku)
* 僧俗(そうぞく) (sōzoku)
* 脱俗(だつぞく) (datsuzoku)
* 超俗(ちょうぞく) (chōzoku)
* 通俗(つうぞく) (tsūzoku)
* 低俗(ていぞく) (teizoku)
* 道俗(どうぞく) (dōzoku)
* 土俗(どぞく) (dozoku)
* 反俗(はんぞく) (hanzoku)
* 卑俗(ひぞく) (hizoku)
* 美俗(びぞく) (bizoku)
* 風俗(ふうぞく) (fūzoku)
* 米俗(べいぞく) (beizoku)
* 凡俗(ぼんぞく) (bonzoku)
* 民俗(みんぞく) (minzoku)
* 俚俗(りぞく) (rizoku)
* 良俗(りょうぞく) (ryōzoku)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 俗
* ぞく Grade: S
* goon
From Middle Chinese 俗 (MC zjowk).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ぞく [zòkú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [d͡zo̞kɯ̟]

### Adjective

俗(ぞく) • (zoku) -na (adnominal 俗(ぞく)な (zoku na), adverbial 俗(ぞく)に (zoku ni))
* worldly
* vulgar
* common, lay
    俗(ぞく)に言(い)う
       zoku ni iu
       what is commonly referred to as
    俗(ぞく)に言(い)えば
       zoku ni ieba
       to use a common phrase

#### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 俗だろ | ぞくだろ | zoku daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 俗で | ぞくで | zoku de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 俗だ | ぞくだ | zoku da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 俗な | ぞくな | zoku na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 俗なら | ぞくなら | zoku nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 俗であれ | ぞくであれ | zoku de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 俗ではない 俗じゃない | ぞくではない ぞくじゃない | zoku de wa nai zoku ja nai |
| Informal past | 俗だった | ぞくだった | zoku datta |
| Informal negative past | 俗ではなかった 俗じゃなかった | ぞくではなかった ぞくじゃなかった | zoku de wa nakatta zoku ja nakatta |
| Formal | 俗です | ぞくです | zoku desu |
| Formal negative | 俗ではありません 俗じゃありません | ぞくではありません ぞくじゃありません | zoku de wa arimasen zoku ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 俗でした | ぞくでした | zoku deshita |
| Formal negative past | 俗ではありませんでした 俗じゃありませんでした | ぞくではありませんでした ぞくじゃありませんでした | zoku de wa arimasen deshita zoku ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 俗で | ぞくで | zoku de |
| Conditional | 俗なら（ば） | ぞくなら（ば） | zoku nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 俗だったら | ぞくだったら | zoku dattara |
| Volitional | 俗だろう | ぞくだろう | zoku darō |
| Adverbial | 俗に | ぞくに | zoku ni |
| Degree | 俗さ | ぞくさ | zokusa |

### Noun

俗(ぞく) • (zoku)
* worldliness
* vulgarity
* the laity, mundane things, common man
* customs

#### Derived terms

* 俗(ぞく)っぽい (zokuppoi)
* 俗(ぞく)受(う)け (zokūke)
* 俗(ぞく)向(む)き (zokumuki)
* 俗(ぞく)離(ばな)れ (zokubanare)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

俗 (eumhun 풍속 속 (pungsok sok))
* hanja form of 속 (“vulgar; unrefined; common; popular; vernacular”)

#### Compounds

* 민속 (民俗, minsok, “folklore; folkway; folk custom”)
* 속담 (俗談, sokdam, “proverb, adage”)
* 속자 (俗字, sokja, “a hanja variant that is widespread but not orthodox”)
* 풍속 (風俗, pungsok, “custom”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

俗: Hán Nôm readings: tục
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