Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1973 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 18
Meaning: mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink
Kunyomi: くせ くせ.に
Onyomi: ヘキ
Composition: 疒 辟
Radical: 疒
Meaning: sickness
癖 (クセ) habit (usu. a bad one), tendency, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk, crease, wrinkle, curl, kink
妄想癖 (モウソウヘキ) day-dreamer, fantasist
盗癖 (トウヘキ) kleptomania
癖 (くせ) habit (usu. a bad one), tendency, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk, crease, wrinkle, curl, kink
癖に (くせに) and yet, though, when, in spite of
悪い癖 (わるいくせ) bad habit, bad habits
自傷癖 (じしょうくせ) (practice of) self-injury, (habit of) self-harm
癖になる (くせになる) to become a habit, to be addictive, to be moreish