Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Habit

Mnemonic

When you get sick you always eat a hot pepper. It's a habit you've picked up and you can't seem to shake it. One sniffle, one cough, and before you know it, you're eating a hot pepper or two.

Readings

On’yomi

へき

Kun’yomi

くせ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Everyone you know has a different habit when they get sick. Instead, they eat couscous (くせ). But you think couscous is gross. It's bland and does nothing for your stuffy noses and scratchy throats. I wonder how you can convince them to replace their habit with your own.

Visually Similar Kanji

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