癖 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ヘキJHS

Kun (native)

• くせJHS
• くせ(に)

Other languages

• 拼音pi3
• 拼音pi4
• 한글byeog
• Hán-ViệtPhích
• Hán-ViệtTích

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

infoBasics

Strokes

18 strokes

Radical

疒(やまいだれ)

JIS level

Level 1

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+7656

grid_viewComponents

• 十じゅう
• 口くち
• 尸かばね
• 疒やまいだれ
• 立たつ
• 辛からい

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸疒辟

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 癖くせhabit (usu. a bad one), tendency, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy
• 癖にくせにand yet, though, when, in spite of
• 癖球くせだまjunk ball (pitch), off-speed pitch, unexpected move, unorthodox measure
• 癖してくせしてand yet, though, when, in spite of
• 癖になるクセになるto become a (bad) habit, to become a habitual practice, to become addictive, to grow on one
• 癖のあるくせのあるquirky, idiosyncratic

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(67 results)

infoLookup codes

SKIP

3-5-13

Four Corner

0014.1

Spahn–Hadamitzky

5i13.2

Heisig

1826

Nelson

3082