Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

癖: mannerism, habit

Also: vice, trait, fault, kink

JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

疒 carries the meaning · 辟 gives the sound

18 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ヘキheki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 潔癖けっぺき
  • 性癖せいへきdisposition; inclination; characteristic

くせkuse · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 癖くせhabit (usu. a bad one); tendency
  • 口癖くちぐせpet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase

くせにkuseni · kun'yomi

  • 癖にくせにand yet; though; when

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“Rest and recover! Imagine a person tucked under a blanket, lying in a quiet room while they wait for their fever to break.”
More in the 疒 sickness story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
疒

Also built on sickness (疒)

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辟

Also built on 辟

癖 takes the 辟 family's reading, ヘキ (heki).

Also read ヘキ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
癖 mannerism · 疒
vs璧 sphere · 玉
癖 has 疒 where 璧 has 玉.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · pǐ

Same form: 癖 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
癖 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
癖 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin pǐ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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