— mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink

  • JLPT N1
  • 18 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 疒
  • #1973 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
ヘキ
Kun'yomi
くせくせ.に

Example words

  • くせ(1) habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice) (2) peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism (3) crease; wrinkle; curl; kink