Entry
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending

    to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice

    Usually written using kana alone

    朝寝坊が癖になった。
    I took to sleeping late in the morning.
  2. to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish

    Usually written using kana alone

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Characters in this word

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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

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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