癖 (pik1 | pi3 pi4) : addiction; special liking

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癖

pik1

pi3 pi4

[1] addiction; special liking; inclination
[2] chronic swelling of the spleen

Pinyin pi3 is used in China; pi4 in Taiwan.

Stroke count: 18

Level: 3

Radical: 疒 (#104)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

癖

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癖好 pik1 hou3 pi3 hao4 = special liking; favourite hobby

戀童癖 lyun2 tung4 pik1 lian4 tong2 pi3 = pedophilia; paedophilia

戀童癖的人 lyun2 tung4 pik1 dik1 jan4 = pedophile 國

戀童癖嘅人 lyun2 tung4 pik1 ge3 jan4 = pedophile 粵

易服癖 jik6 fuk6 pik1 yi4 fu2 pi3 = cross-dressing; transvestism

易裝癖 jik6 zong1 pik1 yi4 zhuang1 pi3 = crossing-dressing; transvestism

潔癖 git1 pik1 jie2 pi3 [PRC] pi4 [TW] = mysophobia; an obsession with cleanliness

怪癖 gwaai3 pik1 guai4 pi4 (Taiwan); guai4 pi3 (PRC) = eccentricity; peculiarity; oddity; foible; mannerism

痼癖 gu3 pik1 gu4 pi3 = an inveterate weakness; a habit deeply-rooted over time that is hard to defeat

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 癖
Unicode code for this character: U+7656 (off-site link)

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