Meaning & readings
accustomed, get used to, become experienced
Origin
The character 慣 combines a heart radical (忄) on the left with a sound hint on the right. The heart component signals that this character relates to feelings or states of mind, while the right side provides a pronunciation clue rather than adding to the meaning. Over time, the concept of the heart becoming used to something evolved into the word's meaning of becoming accustomed or experienced with something. The character essentially shows how repeated exposure changes our inner emotional response to something we once found unfamiliar.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Components
- 忄
- 貫
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 14
- Kangxi radical
- 61
- Grade
- Grade 5 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #1177 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+06163