癖

癖 · pǐ

craving, weakness for; indigestion

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
pǐ
Cantonese
pik1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

craving, weakness for; indigestion

Dictionary definitions & readings

癖 pǐ · habit; hobby

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42700.200:pǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0870.060:pǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
281.210:pǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
pǐ粵pik1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ヘキ ヒャク くせ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
벽:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
芳辟 普擊 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
KSRJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
0014.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0781.210 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
519.51 520.35 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7656
Radical
疒 · 104
Strokes
18
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6359

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
癖
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
phjiek · 芳辟 · 梗開三入清滂 · #3663
Middle Chinese
phek · 普擊 · 梗開四入青滂 · #3672

PHONO-ML, source line 19066; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
923.604
kDaeJaweon
1191.040
kFennIndex
404.04
kHanYu
42700.200
kIRGDaeJaweon
1191.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42700.200
kIRGKangXi
0781.210
kKangXi
0781.210
kLau
2496
kMatthews
5176
kMeyerWempe
2353
kMorohashi
22550
kNelson
3082
kSBGY
519.51 520.35
kSMSZD2003Index
451.04
kCangjie
KSRJ
kFenn
158H
kFourCornerCode
0014.1
kHKGlyph
2687
kMojiJoho
MJ017941
kPhonetic
1040
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7131
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C27D
kIRG_JSource
J0-4A4A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DDE9
kIRG_KSource
K0-5B7E
kIRG_TSource
T1-7669
kIRG_VSource
V2-8E31
kRSUnicode
104.13
kTotalStrokes
18
kBigFive
C27D
kCCCII
214C70
kCNS1986
1-7669
kCNS1992
1-7669
kEACC
214C70
kGB0
8117
kGB1
8117
kJis0
4242
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4075
kTGH
2013:6359
kTaiwanTelegraph
4075
kXerox
265:067
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3610+104.5.13
kCantonese
pik1
kDefinition
craving, weakness for; indigestion
kFanqie
芳辟 普擊
kHangul
벽:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42700.200:pǐ
kJapanese
ヘキ ヒャク くせ
kJapaneseKun
KUSE
kJapaneseOn
HEKI
kKorean
PYEK
kMandarin
pǐ
kSMSZD2003Readings
pǐ粵pik1
kTGHZ2013
281.210:pǐ
kXHC1983
0870.060:pǐ

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Structure & connections

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20dictionary records using 癖0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
疒 wraps around 辟 from the upper left · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿸疒辟$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸疒辟$(GHTJKPV)

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