癖 means 'personal habit'

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Strokes : 18 Frequency: 1674 JLPT: N1 Usefulness: 5 Study set: 5-28 Grade: 8 Intermediate lesson: - Beginner lesson: - Begins 10 words Used in 63 words Used in 2 names Not used as a component

Jōyō (常用)

Common readings

ヘキ

Kun

くせ personal habit

Additional readings

Kun くせに

Components

⿸ 疒 ill; illness 辟 rule

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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 癖 is used 5 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).

Across all words in Japanese, 癖 is used 52 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).

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ヘキ : 15 words FIND ALL

びょうへき

病癖

noun

bad habit; peculiarity; weakness

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ヘキ (read as ぺき) : 5 words FIND ALL

けっぺき

潔癖

'na' adjective, noun

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness

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くせ : 22 words FIND ALL

くせ

癖

Most common form: くせ

noun

1. habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency

2. peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism

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くせ (read as ぐせ) : 10 words FIND ALL

くちぐせ

口癖

noun

way of saying; favorite phrase; favourite phrase

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Additional data

Henshall: 1781 Joy o' Kanji : 1781 Key to Kanji: -