# 俗 uncouth

(personleft) + 谷 (valley/Swamp Thing radical)
★★☆☆☆
9 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

ZOKU | BANDITS(賊, pronounced "zoku")are known to behave uncouthly.

## Mnemonic

| The Swamp Thing is an uncouth person, always dripping slime on your moms.

## Jukugo

風俗(ふうぞく) | the hooker biz ★★☆☆☆ 風 (wind / the flu / style) + 俗 (uncouth) = 風俗 (the hooker biz) the hooker biz, (BOOBOO: as opposed to 水商売 (みずしょうばい）, which encompasses the hostess-biz, hooker-biz and general nightlife-biz.)
俗(ぞく) にXXX | 'to put it in slang terms,XXX' ★★☆☆☆ 'to put it in slang terms,XXX' . 'commonly,'as in 'your mom, commonly known as 'Big Bertha,'...)
民俗(みんぞく) | folk ★★☆☆☆ 民 (folk) + 俗 (uncouth) = 民俗 (folk) old-school folk customs or music.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
裕 | abundant | DUCKY |
欲 | want | LACK | 欠
俗 | uncouth | PERSON | 人

DUCKIES are abundant around here.

I want what I LACK.

PEOPLE are uncouth sometimes.

## Synonyms

the general public 大衆 公衆 民俗 民族 庶民