custom / convention / popular / common / coarse / vulgar / secular

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) just arrived at the space station and in the entrance (Ø2) she sees Susan Saint Bernard (su) hanging out in her web. Rosa brought some popcorn (谷) as a present and asks Susan Saint Bernard whether she wants to watch a movie, which she does. Both of them think "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" (俗), so Rosa climbs up to Susan Saint Bernard in her web and Susan Saint Bernard eats some of Rosa's popcorn.

俗 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
grain / corn

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

= + + : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.
surname Gu

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

= + + : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.
valley

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: popcorn.

= + + : Gitta Giraffe conducts an experiment in the space station. She shows Neanderthal Man three things: a mandarin, popcorn, and an eight-ball, and records how much he likes to eat each of these. Neanderthal Man thinks that the eight ball is a little crunchy.

Characters with 俗 as component

俗 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 俗

vulgar / poor taste
profane / secular / worldly
impressive / out of the ordinary
the vulgar world (Buddhist concept) / secular world
Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[Feng2 Ji4 cai2]
everyday routine / ordinary affairs
to conform to no conventional pattern / unconventional / offbeat
vulgar style (used of items to be censored)

Sentences with 俗

俗 currently does not appear in any sentence.