| Chinese Text Project |
| 俗 U+4FD7 |  Seal script |  Jinwen | 圱 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 人+ 7 strokes = 9 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.463#32 Kangxi: p.105#09 Cihai: p.107r1c01 GSR: 1220.a Hanyu: v1,p0163#10 |
| Composition: | Left: 亻, right: 谷. Compositionally related: 𫎀 . Component of: 𠸘 𠑉 𫤈 |
| Mandarin: | sú ㄙㄨˊ |
| Cantonese: | zuk6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *ziok ziok |
| Shuowen: | 《人部》俗：習也。从人谷聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·入聲·燭·續》俗：風俗。《說文》習也。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·人部·七》俗：〔古文〕圱《唐韻》似足切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》松玉切，𠀤音續。習也。上所化曰風，下所習曰俗。《釋名》俗，欲也，俗人所欲也。《禮·曲禮》禮從宜，使從俗。又《周禮·天官》八則治都鄙，六曰禮俗，以馭其民。又不雅曰俗。《黃庭堅曰》士俗不可醫。或問不俗之狀，庭堅曰：難言也。視其平居，無以異於人，臨大節而不可奪，此不俗人也。《說文》从人，谷聲。《徐曰》俗之言續也。轉相習也。 考證：〔相如上林賦徼𠊬受屈。〕謹照原文上林賦改子虚賦。 |
| Fanqie: | 似足 (《廣韻·入聲·燭·續》) |
| Unihan definition: | social customs; vulgar, unrefined |
Example usage
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 由今之道，無變今之俗，雖與之天下，不能一朝居也。 |
| Although a prince, pursuing the path of the present day, and not changing its practices, were to have the throne given to him, he could not retain it for a single morning. | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 故君民者，章好以示民俗，慎惡以御民之淫，則民不惑矣。 |
| Therefore when the ruler exhibits clearly what he loves, and thus shows the people the style of manners (they should aim at), and is watchful against what he dislikes, and thereby guards the people against the excesses (of which they are in danger), then they do not go astray. | |
| 《孝經·廣要道》: | 移風易俗，莫善於樂。 |
| For changing their manners and altering their customs, there is nothing better than music. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 謣言敗俗，謣好敗則，姑息敗德。 |
| Recklessly exaggerated speech destroys societal norms. Unrestrained desires destroy the law. Self-indulgence destroys de. | |
| 《墨子·節葬下》: | 子墨子曰：「此所謂便其習而義其俗者也。」 |
| Mozi said: This is because habit affords convenience and custom carries approval. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 此以其能苦其生者也，故不終其天年而中道夭，自掊擊於世俗者也。 |
| So it is that their productive ability makes their lives bitter to them; they do not complete their natural term of existence, but come to a premature end in the middle of their time, bringing on themselves the destructive treatment which they ordinarily receive. | |
| 《道德經》: | 沌沌兮，俗人昭昭，我獨若昏。 |
| I am in a state of chaos. Ordinary men look bright and intelligent, while I alone seem to be benighted. | |
| 《商君書·更法》: | 郭偃之法曰：『論至德者，不和於俗。』 |
| The law of Guo Yan says: 'He who is concerned about the highest virtue is not in harmony with popular ideas.' | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 政教習俗，相順而後行。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 不固溺於流俗，不拘繫於左右。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 雖從俗而不能終，猶宜未平於心。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 傳曰：以從俗為善，以貨財為寶，以養性為己為道，是民德也，未及於士也。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 居今之俗，服古之服。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 移風易俗，莫善於樂。 |
| 《新書·諭誠》: | 自是之後，楚國之俗無相棄者 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 公孫鞅曰：「子之所言者，世俗之所知也。」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 論殊俗之類，若與同室。 |
| 《孔子家語·始誅》: | 今世俗之陵遟久矣，雖有刑法，民能勿踰乎？ |
| 《潛夫論·務本》: | 今多務交游以結黨助，偷世竊名以取濟渡，夸末之徒，從而尚之，此逼貞士之節，而衒世俗之心者也。 |
| 《論衡·幸偶》: | 火燔野草，車轢所致，火所不燔，俗或喜之，名曰幸草。 |
| 《太玄經·唫》: | 次四，唫其穀，不振不俗，纍老及族。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 而至於俗間行語，眾所共傳，積非習貫，莫能原察。 |
| 《孔叢子·刑論》: | 文子曰：「吳、越之俗無禮，而亦治，何也？」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 偽亂俗，私壞法，放越軌，奢敗制，四者不除，則政末由行矣。 |
| 《忠經·守宰章》: | 清則無欲，平則不曲，明能正俗。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是後聖乃定《五經》，明《六藝》，承天統地，窮事微，原情立本，以緒人倫，宗諸天地，脩篇章，垂諸來世，被諸鳥獸，以匡衰亂，天人合策，原道悉備，智者達其心，百工窮其巧，乃調之以管絃絲竹之音，設鍾鼓歌舞之樂，以節奢侈，正風俗，通文雅。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 幸者，宜幸也，世俗謂幸為僥倖。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 前驅有九斿雲罕闟戟皮軒鑾旗，車皆大夫載鑾旗者，編羽毛引繫橦旁，俗人名之曰雞翹車，非也。 |
| 《列子·黃帝》: | 終日夜以此為戲樂，國殆成俗。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 田不因地形，不能成穀，為化不因民，不能成俗。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 以恬養智，以漠合神，即乎無垠，循天者與道遊也，隨人者與俗交也。 |
| 《文始真經·九藥》: | 關尹子曰：「古今之俗不同，東西南北之俗又不同，至於一家、一身之善又不同。」 |
| 《列仙傳·赤將子輿》: | 子輿拔俗，餐葩飲露。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 常有欲之人，可以觀世俗之所歸趣也。 |
| 《韓非子·難言》: | 言而遠俗，詭躁人間，則見以為誕。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 禮從俗，政從上，使從君。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 孝公用商鞅之法，移風易俗，民以殷盛，國以富彊，百姓樂用，諸侯親服，獲楚、魏之師，舉地千里，至今治彊。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 管子對曰：「魯梁之民俗為綈，公服綈，令左右服之，民從而服之，公因令齊勿敢為，必仰於魯梁，則是魯梁釋其農事而作綈矣。」 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 起對曰：「古之明王，必謹君臣之禮，飾上下之儀，安集吏民，順俗而教，簡募良材，以備不虞。」 |
| 《六韜·上賢》: | 博聞辯辭，虛論高議以為容美，窮居靜處而誹時俗，此姦人也，王者慎勿寵。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 習慣成則民體俗矣。 |
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