Chinese Character 俗 Meanings and components.

Form

俗

Meaning

俗 meaning[3] in English

Custom.

Convention.

Popular.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 俗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and grain (谷)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OCOR

How to write 俗

To write俗su2custom you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 谷gu3grain arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 谷 = 俗

俗 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 俗 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 俗, looks as follow:

俗
Pinyin:su2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Custom . Convention . Popular . Common . Coarse . Vulgar . Secular
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
谷
Pinyin:gu3
Meaning[3]: Grain . Corn
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
㕣
Pinyin:yan3 Shape:吕
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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