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俗sú

social customs; vulgar, unrefined. 9 strokes, radical 亻, first met in HSK 4.

Pinyin súStrokes 9Radical 亻Band HSK 4Words 1

How to write 俗

Strokes 1–2 write 亻, then strokes 3–9 write 谷.

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Stroke order chart for 俗 — 9 strokes, radical 亻

Write 俗 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 俗 · the stroke-order rules

What 俗 is made of

亻 (rén, man) and 谷 (gǔ, valley).

亻 carries the meaning — person — and 谷 carries the sound.

Words that use 俗

风(fēng)俗(sú) traditional folk customs
一个地方长期流传下来的生活习惯

老夫妇向游人介绍多种传统风俗。The elderly couple explained many traditional folk customs to visitors.

Lesson 280, 民俗节庆与古韵风情 · 时代潮涌与家国人文 · Civic Humanity, Cultural Customs & Modern Infrastructure

Characters that share the sound part 谷

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

欲yù

More characters with the radical 亻

All 85 of them, and what the radical means, on the 人 radical page.

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