癖

pǐ

habit · hobby

Radical: 疒 Strokes: 18

Structure: Top-left surroundFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

病疾痛症痴瘦疲疗痕疮痒瘠

Same radical

病疾痛症痴瘦疲疗痕疮痒瘠疫疵疯

Stroke Order · 18 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

癖=疒+辟

Etymology

sickness

Meanings

habit

hobby

pǐ

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Words with 癖 65 total

bad habit恶癖è pǐ addiction痼癖gù pǐ one's passion · one's obsession癖好pǐ hào

Idioms with 癖 4 total

lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han : emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.断袖之癖duàn xiù zhī pǐ