癖 — kanji meaning “mannerism”
癖
mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink
- Meanings
- mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink
- On'yomi
- ヘキ (heki)
- Kun'yomi
- くせ、くせ.に
- Strokes
- 18
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1973 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 104
- Chinese reading
- pǐ, pì — Chinese character page
Words with 癖
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口癖 | くちぐせ kuchiguse | pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase |
| 性癖 | せいへき seiheki | disposition; inclination; characteristic |
| 潔癖 | けっぺき keppeki | fastidiousness; love of cleanliness |
| 難癖 | なんくせ nankuse | fault |
| 悪癖 | あくへき akuheki | bad habit; vice |
| 酒癖 | さけぐせ sakeguse | drinking habits; drunken behavior; drunken behaviour |
| 手癖 | てくせ tekuse | having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery |
| 寝癖 | ねぐせ neguse | hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair |
| 一癖 | ひとくせ hitokuse | trait; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy |
| 嗜癖 | しへき shiheki | addiction |
| 女癖 | おんなぐせ onnaguse | philandering; itch for women |
| 放浪癖 | ほうろうへき hourouheki | vagrant habits; vagabondism; wanderlust |
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