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癖
JLPT N1 Kanji · Practice Flashcards

癖 (mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink)

  • JLPT N1
  • 18 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 疒
  • #1973 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ヘキ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
くせくせ.に

Example words & Vocabulary

癖くせ
a habit (often a bad habit),peculiarity
口癖くちぐせ
pet phrase, speech habit

Example sentences 3

朝寝坊あさねぼうが癖くせになった。

I took to sleeping late in the morning.

子供こどもは親おやの癖くせをまねる。

Children imitate their parents' habits.

その子こは悪わるい癖くせが直なおった。

He was cured of his bad habits.

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