Entry
  1. Noun

    hair disarranged during sleep; bed hair

    寝癖がついちゃった。
    My hair got kinky.
  2. habit of moving around in one's sleep; tossing and turning in sleep

  3. sleeping habit (esp. of a child or toddler)

    oft. with neg. nuance

Also written 寝ぐせ【ねぐせ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

lie down, sleep, rest, bed, remain unsold

Kun
ね.るね.かすい.ぬみたまやや.める
On
シン
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1034 of 2500
Radical
roof
WaniKani
Level 22

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-10SKIP code
3m10.1The Kanji Dictionary
3014.7Four corner code
767deroo
5bddUnicode hex code
1-31-18JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1326Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1353New Nelson (John Haig)
2329New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2925Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2034Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1150Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1233Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1079A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1976Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
918Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7278PMorohashi
1441A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1079Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
473Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1620Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
127Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
493Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1158Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qin3Pinyin reading
chimKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
22WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink

Kun
くせくせ.に
On
ヘキ
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1973 of 2500
Radical
sickness
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-5-13SKIP code
5i13.2The Kanji Dictionary
0014.1Four corner code
555deroo
7656Unicode hex code
1-42-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3082Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3848New Nelson (John Haig)
3290New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4080Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2069Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2805Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1691Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1826Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1903A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1702Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22550Morohashi
1781A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1490Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1589Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1550Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1895Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1364Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1358Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1707Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pi3, pi4Pinyin reading
byeogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level