# 癖 — Habit

Frequency rank 1616 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 貿 (Trade), less common than 杏 (Apricot).

- On’yomi: へき
- Kun’yomi: くせ
- Radical: 疒 Sickness (Kangxi 104)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

A sick person on the left hides in a coffin with a mouth on the right — a sick person lying in a coffin, mouth muttering the same words over and over, locked in a bad habit.

In words:

- 癖 くせ — a habit (often a bad habit),peculiarity

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