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Translingual
Han character
癖 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 大尸口十 (KSRJ), four-corner 00141, composition ⿸疒辟)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 781, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22550
- Dae Jaweon: page 1191, character 4
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2700, character 20
- Unihan data for U+7656
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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嬖
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*peːɡs
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薜
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*beːɡs, *preːɡ
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鐾
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*beːɡs
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臂
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*peɡs
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譬
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*pʰeɡs
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避
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*beɡs
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檗
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*preːɡ
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擘
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*preːɡ
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糪
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*preːɡ, *pʰreːɡ
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掰
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*preːɡ
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繴
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*breːɡ, *peːɡ
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辟
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*peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ
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璧
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*peɡ
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鐴
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*peɡ
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躄
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*peɡ
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襞
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*peɡ
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僻
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*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
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癖
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*pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ
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廦
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*pʰeɡ, *peːɡ
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擗
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*beɡ
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躃
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*beɡ
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闢
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*beɡ
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壁
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*peːɡ
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鼊
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*peːɡ
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霹
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*pʰeːɡ
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劈
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*pʰeːɡ
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澼
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*pʰeːɡ
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憵
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*pʰeːɡ
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甓
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*beːɡ
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鷿
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*beːɡ
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幦
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*mbeːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).
Pronunciation 1
Note: pì - "unusual liking".
Note:
- phiah - vernacular (“craving; temperament”);
- phek/phiak - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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癖
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癖
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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681
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696
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Phonetic component
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辟
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辟
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Rime group
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錫
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錫
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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僻
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霹
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰeɡ/
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/*pʰeːɡ/
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Notes
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見靈樞
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Definitions
癖
- an unusual liking; craving; disposition; addiction; habit; weakness for
- 書癖/书癖 ― shūpì ― an unusual liking of books
- 嗜痂之癖 ― shìjiāzhīpì ― a liking of craving for scabs
- 露陰癖/露阴癖 ― lùyīnpì ― exhibitionism
- (Hokkien) temperament; attitude; disposition
- (traditional Chinese medicine) lump in the abdomen; splenomegaly; indigestion
Synonyms
- 天性 (tiānxìng)
- 常性 (chángxìng)
- 性地 (xìngdì) (literary or Min Nan)
- 性子 (xìngzi)
- 性情 (xìngqíng)
- 情性 (qíngxìng) (literary)
- 本性 (běnxìng)
- 本質/本质 (běnzhì)
- 氣性/气性
- 率性 (shuàixìng) (literary)
- 理 (lǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
- 癖鼻 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 秉性 (bǐngxìng)
- 稟性/禀性 (bǐngxìng)
- 稟氣/禀气 (bǐngqì) (literary)
- 素性 (sùxìng)
- 脾氣/脾气
- 腸子/肠子 (chángzi) (figurative)
- 量草 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
See also
Compounds
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
癖
- (Hokkien) measles
- (Mainland China Hokkien) rash (in general)
Compounds
- 出癖 (chhut-phia̍h)
- 出癖仔 (chhut-phia̍h-á)
- 風癖/风癖 (hong-phia̍h)
Japanese
Kanji
癖
(Jōyō kanji)
- habit; tendency
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
癖 • (kuse) ←くせ (kuse)?
- habit; tendency
- Synonym: 癖 (heki)
- 悪い癖を直す
- warui kuse o naosu
- break a bad habit
- 癖になる
- kuse ni naru
- become a habit
- unusual trait; peculiarity
- 字の癖
- ji no kuse
- handwriting peculiarity
- a bend or distortion that cannot be easily straightened or flattened
- kink; curl (in hair)
- 髪の癖を直す
- kami no kuse o naosu
- to straighten out the kinks in one’s hair
- crease (in clothing)
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 癖 (MC phjiek|phek).
Pronunciation
Noun
癖 • (heki) ←へき (feki)?
- habit; tendency
- Synonym: 癖 (kuse)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 癖 (MC phjiek|phek).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
癖 (eumhun 버릇 벽 (beoreut byeok))
- hanja form? of 벽 (“habit”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.