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癖 U+7656, 癖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7656
← 癕
[U+7655] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 癗 →
[U+7657]

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ): semantic 疒 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Note: pì - "unusual liking".
Note:
  • phiah - vernacular (“craving; temperament”);
  • phek/phiak - literary.
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Definitions

癖

  1. an unusual liking; craving; disposition; addiction; habit; weakness for
    書癖／书癖  ―  shūpì  ―  an unusual liking of books
    嗜痂之癖  ―  shìjiāzhīpì  ―  a liking of craving for scabs
    露陰癖／露阴癖  ―  lùyīnpì  ―  exhibitionism
  2. (Hokkien) temperament; attitude; disposition
  3. (traditional Chinese medicine) lump in the abdomen; splenomegaly; indigestion
Synonyms
  • (temperament):
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Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (癖):
  • → Japanese: 癖(へき) (heki)
  • → Korean: 벽(癖) (byeok)

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

癖

  1. (Hokkien) measles
  2. (Mainland China Hokkien) rash (in general)

Compounds

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Kanji

癖

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. habit; tendency

Readings

  • Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
  • Kan-on: へき (heki, Jōyō)
  • Kun: くせ (kuse, 癖, Jōyō)

Compounds

  • 悪癖(あくへき) (akuheki)
  • 癇癖(かんぺき) (kanpeki)
  • 奇癖(きへき) (kiheki)
  • 潔癖(けっぺき) (keppeki)
  • 痃癖(けんびき) (kenbiki)
  • 痃癖(けんぺき), 肩癖(けんぺき) (kenpeki)
  • 個癖(こへき) (koheki)
  • 古癖(こへき) (koheki)
  • 詩癖(しへき) (shiheki)
  • 嗜癖(しへき) (shiheki)
  • 収集癖(しゅうしゅうへき) (shūshūheki)
  • 習癖(しゅうへき) (shūheki)
  • 酒癖(しゅへき) (shuheki)
  • 晶癖(しょうへき) (shōheki)
  • 書癖(しょへき) (shoheki)
  • 性癖(せいへき) (seiheki)
  • 通癖(つうへき) (tsūheki)
  • 盗癖(とうへき) (tōheki)
  • 病癖(びょうへき) (byōheki)
  • 洋癖(ようへき) (yōheki)
  • 浪費癖(ろうひへき) (rōhiheki)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Noun

癖(くせ) • (kuse) ←くせ (kuse)?

  1. habit; tendency
    Synonym: 癖 (heki)
    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; peculiarity
    字(じ)の癖(くせ)
    ji no kuse
    handwriting peculiarity
  3. a bend or distortion that cannot be easily straightened or flattened
    1. kink; curl (in hair)
      髪(かみ)の癖(くせ)を直(なお)す
      kami no kuse o naosu
      to straighten out the kinks in one’s hair
    2. crease (in clothing)
Derived terms
  • 癖(くせ)ある馬(うま)に能(のう)あり (kuse aru uma ni nō ari)
  • 癖馬(くせうま) (kuseuma)
  • 癖毛(くせげ) (kusege)
  • 癖(くせ)して (kuse shite)
  • 癖地(くせち) (kusechi)
  • 癖直(くせなお)し (kusenaoshi)
  • 癖(くせ)に (kuse ni)
  • 癖(くせ)になる (kuse ni naru)
  • 曲者(くせもの), 癖者(くせもの) (kusemono)
  • 遊(あそ)び癖(ぐせ) (asobiguse)
  • 足癖(あしくせ) (ashikuse)
  • 歌癖(うたぐせ) (utaguse)
  • 女癖(おんなぐせ) (onnaguse)
  • 書(か)き癖(ぐせ) (kakiguse)
  • 着癖(きぐせ) (kiguse)
  • 口癖(くちぐせ) (kuchiguse)
  • 酒癖(さかぐせ) (sakaguse)
  • 酒癖(さけくせ) (sakekuse), 酒癖(さけぐせ) (sakeguse)
  • 尻癖(しりくせ) (shirikuse)
  • その癖(くせ) (sono kuse)
  • 抱(だ)き癖(ぐせ) (dakiguse)
  • 手癖(てくせ) (tekuse)
  • 出癖(でぐせ) (deguse)
  • 難癖(なんくせ) (nankuse)
  • 寝癖(ねぐせ) (neguse)
  • 一癖(ひとくせ) (hitokuse)
  • 筆癖(ふでくせ) (fudekuse)
  • 降(ふ)り癖(ぐせ) (furiguse)
  • 負(ま)け癖(ぐせ) (makeguse)
  • 怠(まな)け癖(ぐせ) (manakeguse)
  • 読(よ)み癖(くせ) (yomikuse)
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Middle Chinese 癖 (MC phjiek|phek).

Pronunciation

Noun

癖(へき) • (heki) ←へき (feki)?

  1. habit; tendency
    Synonym: 癖 (kuse)
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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癖 (MC phjiek|phek).

Historical readings

Pronunciation

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

癖 (eumhun 버릇 벽 (beoreut byeok))

  1. hanja form? of 벽 (“habit”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
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