Question

俗 vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things 1 1610 9 9 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね 形声 Phonetic Mr. T says, "Don´t be like them valley girls, always speaking vulgar language and acting all vulgar! They ain´t nothing but foos!".

Accepted Answer

ゾク 風俗(ふうぞく): (1) manners; customs (2) sex service; sex industry民俗(みんぞく): folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs S 人: person谷: valley 人 2 (none) vulgar Mr T meets the vulgar (common) people of the valley and participates in the vulgar customs (folkways). Looking at the vulgar (common) people, Mr T says - “I pity you foo!”.

Kanji	俗
Onyomi	ゾク
English	vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
Examples	風俗(ふうぞく): (1) manners; customs (2) sex service; sex industry 民俗(みんぞく): folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1610
Components	人: person 谷: valley
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	人
Radical Number	9
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	vulgar
Koohii Story 1	Mr. T says, "Don´t be like them valley girls, always speaking vulgar language and acting all vulgar! They ain´t nothing but foos!".
Koohii Story 2	Mr T meets the vulgar (common) people of the valley and participates in the vulgar customs (folkways). Looking at the vulgar (common) people, Mr T says - “I pity you foo!”.

Vulgar Customs Valley T Sex Mr Common 俗