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Kanji Detail for 俗 - "common, custom, worldly"

  • Meaning

    俗 means "common, custom, worldly."

    1. Low - Vulgar; of poor quality.

    2. Custom - Habit; practice.

    3. World - Society; the public.

    4. Common people - Ordinary people; the general public.

    5. Ordinary - Common; commonplace.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    vulgar; customs; manners; worldliness; mundane things

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    social customs; vulgar, unrefined

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    social customs; vulgar, unrefined

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Customs. What superiors transform is called 風; what inferiors practice is called 俗. Such as 移風易俗 (change customs). | Unrefined is called 俗. What worldly people desire but scholars don't approve of. Such as 俗學 (vulgar learning), 俗調 (vulgar tune).
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