俗字

Chinese

		informal; vulgar	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
simp. and trad. (俗字)		俗	字

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): súzì

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˊ ㄗˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶ zi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: súzì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˊ ㄗˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: súzìh
  - Wade–Giles: su²-tzŭ⁴
  - Yale: sú-dz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swutzyh
  - Palladius: суцзы (suczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zuk⁶ zi⁶
  - Yale: juhk jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹ dzi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶ ji⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚² t͡siː²²/
  - Homophones:
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Noun

俗字

Chinese characters that are non-standard but widespread

Synonyms

俗體字／俗体字 (sútǐzì)
(broadly) 簡體字／简体字 (jiǎntǐzì)

Antonyms

正字 (zhèngzì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
俗	字
ぞく Grade: S	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぞくじ [zòkújí] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [d͡zo̞kɯ̟ʑi]

Noun

俗(ぞく)字(じ) • (zokuji)

a kanji variant that is widespread but not orthodox

Synonyms

Antonyms

正(せい)字(じ) (seiji)

References

“俗字”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
俗	字

Noun

俗字 • (sokja) (hangeul 속자)

hanja form^? of 속자 (“a hanja variant that is widespread but not orthodox”)