习俗 xísú▶ costumbre

Stroke order

习俗 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 习 — 3 strokes
• 俗 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. custom
2. tradition
3. local tradition
4. convention

Related words

• 俗话dicho común
• 庸俗filisteo; hortera
• 演习ejercicio
• 通俗popular, común
• 实习Prácticas, pasantía
• 风俗Aduanas; Costumbres

习俗 is pronounced xísú and means “costumbre”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 习俗 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.