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Kanji Detail for 癖 - "habit, vice, quirk"

  • Meaning

    癖 means "habit, vice, quirk."

    1. Habit - A regular tendency or practice.

    2. Quirk - A peculiar behavioral trait.

    3. Vice - A bad habit or tendency.

  • Words using

    • 口癖 くちぐせ Listen pet saying; favorite phrase; stock phrase
    • 癖に くせに Listen and yet; though; when
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: habit, vice, quirk
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ふくべ, みねひら)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Surnames (ふくべ)Listen (みねひら)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mannerism; habit; vice; trait; fault; kink

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    craving, weakness for; indigestion

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    habit; hobby

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When the abdomen has accumulations forming lumps. Colloquially called 痞塊. | A disease of addiction. What is colloquially called 癮.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • That is just her way.

  • Every man in his way.

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