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风俗

fēngsú

custom

A person offering a bowl
Memory picture

Characters in this word

风 fēng

Strokes
4
Radical
风 — wind
Made of
几 small table 乂 to govern

俗 sú

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 谷 valley, gorge, ravine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 俗

Example phrases

  • 这是本地风俗。 Zhè shì běndì fēngsú. This is a local custom.
  • 春节有许多风俗。 Chūnjié yǒu xǔduō fēngsú. Spring Festival has many customs.
  • 我喜欢这种风俗。 Wǒ xǐhuan zhè zhǒng fēngsú. I like this kind of custom.

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