俗(sú)

HSK 49 strokes

custom

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Character information

Pinyin
sú
Meaning
custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 俗 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰亻谷

In this compound, the meaning comes from 亻 (person); 谷 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

亻rén谷gǔ

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 俗 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 俗

Common words using 俗 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

sú俗huà话
HSK 7-9

common saying

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sú俗huà话shuō说
HSK 7-9

as the proverb says

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sú俗yǔ语
HSK 7-9

common saying

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bù不sú俗

impressive; out of the ordinary

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shì世sú俗

profane; secular; worldly

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dī低sú俗

vulgar; poor taste

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bù不luò落sú俗tào套

to conform to no conventional pattern

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dī低sú俗zhī之fēng风

vulgar style (used of items to be censored)

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Related characters

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 俗’s common words

话说语不世低落套

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