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癖 = 疒 + 辟

癖 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mannerism”. It is built from 疒 (sickness radical) and 辟 (heki). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1826.

Keyword
mannerism
RTK frame
1826
Strokes
18
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ヘキ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くせ, くせ.に
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
манерность
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
癖 craving

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 疒 sickness radical
  2. 辟 heki

How to find 癖 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sickness radical” + “heki”. 癖 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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