Hanja Analyzer
俗

俗 — sok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
풍속 속
Romanization
sok
English
social customs; vulgar, unrefined
Mandarin
sú
Japanese on'yomi
ゾク, ショク
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,610 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
人 (9, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
谷
Unicode
U+4FD7

Parts that make up 俗

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 谷 골 곡, 성씨 욕sound 물이 흘러나오는 골짜기골짜기. ‘곡·욕’ 계열의 소리

How 俗 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 俗 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 谷.

Korean example words with 俗

  • 향속鄕俗 Korean gloss: 시골의 풍속
  • 미속美俗 Korean gloss: 아름다운 풍속
  • 속연俗緣 Korean gloss: 속세와의 인연
  • 고속古俗 Korean gloss: 오래된 옛 풍속
  • 습속習俗 Korean gloss: 습관이 된 풍속
  • 시속時俗 Korean gloss: 그 시대의 풍속
  • 군속群俗 Korean gloss: 세상의 많은 사람
  • 무속巫俗 Korean gloss: 무당과 관련된 풍속
  • 속기俗忌 Korean gloss: 민간에서 꺼리는 일
  • 속한俗漢 Korean gloss: 성품이 저속한 사람
  • 혼속婚俗 Korean gloss: 혼인과 관련한 풍속
  • 세속世俗 Korean gloss: 세상의 일반적인 풍속

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 俗

  • 風俗ふうぞく manners; customs; public morals
  • 俗にぞくに commonly (called, said, etc.); popularly; colloquially
  • 風俗営業ふうぞくえいぎょう businesses offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club, gambling and restaurant businesses; sex industry
  • 世俗せぞく worldly things; common customs; ordinary life
  • 民俗芸能みんぞくげいのう folk entertainment
  • 俗ぞく layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world
  • 習俗しゅうぞく manners and customs; folkways; usage
  • 良俗りょうぞく good custom
  • 土俗どぞく local customs
  • 俗語ぞくご colloquialism; colloquial language; slang
  • 通俗つうぞく popular; common
  • 通俗的つうぞくてき popular; common; commonplace

Characters sharing the phonetic 谷

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “속”

Other hanja with radical 人

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