癖
habit; mannerism; vice; trait; fault; kink
18 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1973.
Readings
- ヘキ (on reading): 性癖 (せいへき) disposition; 潔癖 (けっぺき) fastidiousness
- くせ (kun reading): 癖 (くせ) habit (usu. a bad one); 酒癖 (さけぐせ) drinking habits
- くせに (kun reading)
Components
- 疒
- 辟
- 十 radical ten
- 口 radical mouth
- 尸 radical corpse; flag
- 疔 radical sickness
- 立 radical stand
- 辛 radical bitter; spicy
Words using 癖
- 性癖 (せいへき) disposition
- 潔癖 (けっぺき) fastidiousness
- 潔癖症 (けっぺきしょう) fastidiousness
- 悪癖 (あくへき) bad habit
- 嗜癖 (しへき) addiction
- 癖 (くせ) habit (usu. a bad one)
- 酒癖 (さけぐせ) drinking habits
- 手癖 (てくせ) having sticky fingers
- 口癖 (くちぐせ) pet saying
- 寝癖 (ねぐせ) hair disarranged during sleep
63 words in all.