癖

Translingual

Han character

癖 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 大尸口十 (KSRJ), four-corner 0014₁, composition ⿸疒辟)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 781, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22550
• Dae Jaweon: page 1191, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2700, character 20
• Unihan data for U+7656

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		癖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	*beːɡs, *preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	*breːɡ, *peːɡ
辟	*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
癖	*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
廦	*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 癖

1. craving; disposition; addiction; weakness for
2. (traditional Chinese medicine) (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 痞 (pǐ, “lump in the abdomen; splenomegaly; indigestion”).

Pronunciation 2

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phia̍h

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phia̍h
    • Tâi-lô: phia̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phiah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiaʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiaʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰiaʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiaʔ⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 癖

1. (Southern Min) measles

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Japanese

Kanji

癖

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): へき (heki, Jōyō)
• Kun: くせ (kuse, 癖, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
癖
くせ Grade: S
kun’yomi

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Noun

癖(くせ) • (kuse) 

1. habit; tendency

   悪(わる)い癖(くせ)を直(なお)す

   warui kuse o naosu

   break a bad habit

   癖(くせ)になる

   kuse ni naru

   become a habit

2. unusual trait

   癖毛(くせげ)

   kusege

   hair that isn't straight

Derived terms

• 癖毛(くせげ) (kusege)
• 癖(くせ)して (kuse shite)
• 癖(くせ)に (kuse ni)
• 癖(くせ)になる (kuse ni naru)

See also

• 習慣(しゅうかん) (shūkan)

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Korean

Hanja

癖 • (byeok) (hangeul 벽, revised byeok, McCune–Reischauer pyŏk, Yale pyek)

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