Memory phrase for the character: 癖


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Meaning

habit, mannerism, peculiarity, trait

Pronunciation

HEKI
kuse

Explanation

Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), rest: anal penetration/torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 with needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)

Mnemonic


 
Like a disease is anal penetration, when it becomes a habit.

Radicals

illness, diseaseA combination of ice 冫and building 广.
torture, anal penetrationanal penetration/torture (buttock from the side 尸, opening/anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture) [Actually 針 stands for needle and 辛 is understood as the image of a tattoo needle that also stands for: bitter.]
hot, spicyIs composed of standing 立 and ten 十. In reference to "needle" 針 (= はり), the ten can be seen as a needle. Thus, somehow the feeling of standing on a needle is expressed.
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 Vocabulary

潔癖 けっぺき  fastidiousness, love of cleanliness
くせ  a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice)

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