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俗
sú
1. custom
2. convention
3. popular
4. common
5. coarse
6. vulgar
7. secular
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

俗
sú
social customs; vulgar, unrefined
HSK 5 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

不俗
bùsú
original
世俗
shìsú
profane
低俗
dīsú
vulgar
俗世
súshì
the vulgar world (Buddhist concept)
俗事
súshì
everyday routine
俗人
súrén
common people
俗名
súmíng
common name
俗套
sútào
conventional patterns
俗字
súzì
common form of Chinese character (as opposed to etymologically correct form [[正體字|正体字]])
俗家
sújiā
layman
俗气
súqì
tacky
俗滥
súlàn
clichéd
俗称
súchēng
commonly referred to as
俗话
súhuà
common saying
HSK 6
俗语
súyǔ
common saying
俗谚
súyàn
common saying
俗辣
súlà
(Taiwan slang) coward
僧俗
sēngsú
laymen
凡俗
fánsú
lay (as opposed to clergy)
媚俗
mèisú
to cater to the public's taste

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,353
Word Frequency Rank
3,617 of 84,292

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