Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 癖
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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
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疒
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illness, disease | |
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辟
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torture, anal penetration | (anal 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.]) |
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辛
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hot, spicy | (Is composed of standing 立 and ten 十. Here, in reference to needle 針 (はり), the ten can be seen as a needle, so this somehow expresses the feeling of standing on a needle.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 潔癖 |
けっぺき |
fastidiousness, love of cleanliness | | 癖 |
くせ |
a habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice) |
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