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癖

pǐ

craving, addiction; habit, hobby; indigestion

🔤 Pictophonetic: 疒 (sickness) provides meaning, 辟 provides pronunciation

HSK 18 strokes Uncommon (37%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

law, rule; to open up, to develop

⿸疒辟 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

nè

疒

sickness, disease

5 strokes

guǎng

广

broad, vast, wide; building, house

💡 Ideographic: A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building

3 strokes HSK 4

bīng

冫

ice

2 strokes

pì

辟

law, rule; to open up, to develop

💡 Ideographic: A body 尸 decapitated 口 by a sword 辛 , representing the law

13 strokes HSK 6

⿸尸口

Radical component

xīn

辛

bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem

📷 Pictographic: A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves

7 strokes HSK 4

lì

立

to stand; to establish, to set up

📷 Pictographic: A man standing on the ground 一

5 strokes HSK 5

tóu

亠

lid, cover; head

2 strokes

丷

kwukyel

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 癖 (19)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

eccentricity / peculiarity / strange hobby

guàipǐ

怪癖 ↗

eccentricity / peculiarity / strange hobby

癖好 ↗

pǐhào

an urge / a craving / an addiction

pǐhào

癖好 ↗

an urge / a craving / an addiction

lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han [[漢書|汉书]]: 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.

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