癖

癖	U+7656, 癖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7656

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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

simp. and trad.		癖

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
嬖	*peːɡs
薜	beːɡs, preːɡ
鐾	*beːɡs
臂	*peɡs
譬	*pʰeɡs
避	*beɡs
檗	*preːɡ
擘	*preːɡ
糪	preːɡ, pʰreːɡ
掰	*preːɡ
繴	breːɡ, peːɡ
辟	peɡ, pʰeɡ, *beɡ
璧	*peɡ
鐴	*peɡ
躄	*peɡ
襞	*peɡ
僻	pʰeɡ, pʰeːɡ
癖	pʰeɡ, pʰeːɡ
廦	pʰeɡ, peːɡ
擗	*beɡ
躃	*beɡ
闢	*beɡ
壁	*peːɡ
鼊	*peːɡ
霹	*pʰeːɡ
劈	*pʰeːɡ
澼	*pʰeːɡ
憵	*pʰeːɡ
甓	*beːɡ
鷿	*beːɡ
幦	*mbeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pʰeɡ, *pʰeːɡ) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 辟 (OC *peɡ, *pʰeɡ, *beɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): pǐ, pì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˇ, ㄆㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pik¹
Eastern Min (BUC): pék
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phiah / phek / phiak

(Teochew, Peng'im): piah⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷phiq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pǐ
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi³
  - Yale: pǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pii
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: pì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: pì
  - Wade–Giles: pʻi⁴
  - Yale: pì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pih
  - Palladius: пи (pi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi⁵¹/

Note: pì - "unusual liking".

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: pik¹
  - Yale: pīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: pik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: pig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɪk̚⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: pék
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɛiʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiah
  - Tâi-lô: phiah
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiaq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiaʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiaʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phek
  - Tâi-lô: phik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pheg
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰiɪk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phiak
  - Tâi-lô: phiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiak̚⁵/

Note:

phiah - vernacular (“craving; temperament”);
phek/phiak - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: piah⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiah
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰiaʔ²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷phiq
  - MiniDict: phih^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴phiq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰiɪʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: phjiek, phek

Rime
Character	癖	癖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	昔 (123)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	IV
Fanqie	芳辟切	普擊切
Baxter	phjiek	phek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰiᴇk̚/	/pʰek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰiɛk̚/	/pʰek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiæk̚/	/pʰɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰiajk̚/	/pʰɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/pʰiɛk̚/	/pʰek̚/
Wang Li	/pʰĭɛk̚/	/pʰiek̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pʰi̯ɛk̚/	/pʰiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pi	pi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pik¹	pik¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*pʰeɡ/, /*pʰeːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	癖	癖
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	681	696
Phonetic component	辟	辟
Rime group	錫	錫
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	僻	霹
Old Chinese	/*pʰeɡ/	/*pʰeːɡ/
Notes	見靈樞

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

(temperament):

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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)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (癖):

→ Japanese: 癖(へき) (heki)
→ Korean: 벽(癖) (byeok)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phia̍h

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phia̍h
  - Tâi-lô: phia̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phiah
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pʰiaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰiaʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰiaʔ¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰiaʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰiaʔ⁴/

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

Go-on: ひゃく (hyaku)
Kan-on: へき (heki, Jōyō)
Kun: くせ (kuse, 癖, Jōyō)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
癖
くせ Grade: S
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) くせ (Odaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

癖(くせ) • (kuse) ^{←くせ (kuse)^?}

habit; tendency
Synonym: 癖 (heki)

悪(わる)い癖(くせ)を直(なお)す
warui kuse o naosu
break a bad habit

癖(くせ)になる
kuse ni naru
become a habit
unusual trait; peculiarity
字(じ)の癖(くせ)
ji no kuse
handwriting peculiarity
a bend or distortion that cannot be easily straightened or flattened
1. kink; curl (in hair)
  髪(かみ)の癖(くせ)を直(なお)す
  kami no kuse o naosu
  to straighten out the kinks in one’s hair
2. crease (in clothing)

Derived terms

癖(くせ)ある馬(うま)に能(のう)あり (kuse aru uma ni nō ari)
癖馬(くせうま) (kuseuma)
癖毛(くせげ) (kusege)
癖(くせ)して (kuse shite)
癖地(くせち) (kusechi)
癖直(くせなお)し (kusenaoshi)
癖(くせ)に (kuse ni)
癖(くせ)になる (kuse ni naru)
曲者(くせもの), 癖者(くせもの) (kusemono)
遊(あそ)び癖(ぐせ) (asobiguse)
足癖(あしくせ) (ashikuse)
歌癖(うたぐせ) (utaguse)
女癖(おんなぐせ) (onnaguse)
書(か)き癖(ぐせ) (kakiguse)
着癖(きぐせ) (kiguse)
口癖(くちぐせ) (kuchiguse)
酒癖(さかぐせ) (sakaguse)
酒癖(さけくせ) (sakekuse), 酒癖(さけぐせ) (sakeguse)
尻癖(しりくせ) (shirikuse)
その癖(くせ) (sono kuse)
抱(だ)き癖(ぐせ) (dakiguse)
手癖(てくせ) (tekuse)
出癖(でぐせ) (deguse)
難癖(なんくせ) (nankuse)
寝癖(ねぐせ) (neguse)
一癖(ひとくせ) (hitokuse)
筆癖(ふでくせ) (fudekuse)
降(ふ)り癖(ぐせ) (furiguse)
負(ま)け癖(ぐせ) (makeguse)
怠(まな)け癖(ぐせ) (manakeguse)
読(よ)み癖(くせ) (yomikuse)

Descendants

→ Jeju: 쿠세 (kuse)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
癖
へき Grade: S
kan'on

From Middle Chinese 癖 (MC phjiek|phek).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) へき (Atamadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

癖(へき) • (heki) ^{←へき (feki)^?}

habit; tendency
Synonym: 癖 (kuse)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 癖 (MC phjiek|phek).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean 펵〮 (Yale: phyék) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 벽 (pyek) (Yale: pyek) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

癖

Wikisource

癖 (eumhun 버릇 벽 (beoreut byeok))

hanja form^? of 벽 (“habit”)

Compounds

결벽 (潔癖, gyeolbyeok)
악벽 (惡癖, akbyeok)
성벽 (性癖, seongbyeok)
도벽 (盜癖, dobyeok)
괴벽 (怪癖, goebyeok)
가벽 (歌癖, gabyeok)
고벽 (古癖, gobyeok)
구벽 (口癖, gubyeok)
벽호 (癖好, byeokho)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

癖

Translingual

Han character

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

Synonyms

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Compounds

Descendants

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Korean

Etymology

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Hanja

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