This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ゾク
Romaji: zoku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  9
Frequency:  1610
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-2-7
Korean Reading:  sog
Chinese Reading:  su2
Unicode:  4fd7
JIS:  422F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 104
Nelson Index: 453
New Nelson Index: 220
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a7.17
Four Corner Index: 2826.8
Guide to Remembering Index: 925
Gakken Index: 1498
Japanese Names Index: 776
Daikanwanjiten Index: 695
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0783
Remembering the kanji Index: 968
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1051
Kodansha Compact Index: 100
Kanji in Context Index: 1243
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 79
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 88
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 977
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1042
Essential Kanji Index: 544
Kodansha Kanji Index: 119
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2177
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 834
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1231

Words

(ぞく、しょく)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; local manners; modern customs; common; popular; vulgar; low
風俗 (ふうぞく)
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry
俗称 (ぞくしょう)
common name; popular name
通俗 (つうぞく)
popular; common
俗説 (ぞくせつ)
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
民俗 (みんぞく)
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
世俗 (せぞく、せいぞく)
common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people; secularity
俗語 (ぞくご)
colloquialism; colloquial language
習俗 (しゅうぞく)
manners and customs; folkways; usage
還俗 (げんぞく)
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
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