Kanji

癖

癖

mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

18 strokes

Radical

疒部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ヘキ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

くせ, くせに

Common Readings

ヘキ, くせ

Example sentences

癖 くせ
彼は話すときに顎を触る癖がある。

He has a habit of touching his chin when he speaks.

顎 あご
彼は考え込む時、よく顎をなでる癖がある。

He has a habit of stroking his chin when he is lost in thought.

性癖 せいへき
彼は物事を大げさに話す性癖がある。

He has a habit of exaggerating things.

口癖 くちぐせ
「疲れた」が彼の口癖だ。

'I'm tired' is his favorite phrase.

寝癖 ねぐせ
寝癖を直すのに時間がかかった。

It took time to fix my bed hair.

潔癖 けっぺき
彼は金銭にに関しては潔癖だ。

He is scrupulous when it comes to money.

悪癖 あくへき
彼は爪を噛むという悪癖を直さなければならない

He must fix his bad habit of biting his nails.

矯枉過直 きょうおうかちょく
悪癖を直そうとするあまり、矯枉過直に陥って別の問題が生じた。

By trying too hard to fix a bad habit, I fell into overcorrection and a different problem arose.

Example Vocabulary

癖

くせ

habit; quirk; eccentricity

性癖

せいへき

disposition; inclination; habit; idiosyncrasy

口癖

くちぐせ

favorite phrase; habit of saying

悪い癖

わるいくせ

癖になる

くせになる

寝癖

ねぐせ

bed hair; messy hair from sleeping

癖のある

くせのある

潔癖

けっぺき

fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; scrupulousness

悪癖

あくへき

bad habit; vice

難癖をつける

なんくせをつける

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