Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1610 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ゾク

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: man, human

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ゾク layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world, local manners, modern customs, common, popular, vulgar, low

ゾクゴ colloquialism, colloquial language, slang

ミンゾク folk customs, folkways, ethnic customs

テイゾク vulgar, lowbrow, coarse