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

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• 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:

      edit edit 俗字 逐字

Noun

俗字

1. 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) 

1. a kanji variant that is widespread but not orthodox

Synonyms

• 誤字(ごじ) (goji)
• 略(りゃく)字(じ) (ryakuji)
• 代用字(だいようじ) (daiyōji)

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, 2015–2025
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

Hanja in this term
俗	字

Noun

俗字 • (sokja) (hangeul 속자)

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