惯

慣
guàn
verb HSK 7-9 #8,986

Meanings

  1. 1 accustomed to; used to
  2. 2 to spoil (a child)

Examples

HSK 2
Bié guàn zhe háizi.
Don't spoil the child.
HSK 3
Wǒ xíguàn zǎoqǐ.
I'm used to getting up early.

Tips

usage
惯 is mainly used in 习惯 (habit/to be used to) and 惯 alone meaning 'to spoil/indulge'. Also in 惯例 (convention), 司空见惯 (commonplace - idiom).

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart; mind (radical form of 心)
Left-side heart radical, the upright side-form of 心 - three strokes for one tall dot and two side dots. Anchors 惯 in the family of mental dispositions and habits: 惯 is what the heart has grown accustomed to. Same family: 怕 (fear), 情 (feeling), 慢 (slow temperament), 恒 (constancy).
phonetic
贯 guàn
string of coins; pass through
Right side 贯 supplies the sound - exact guàn. It doubles as semantic: 贯 pictures coins strung on a cord, the sense 'thread through, run continuously.' With the heart radical, 惯 reads as 'the mind running along its accustomed thread' - habit, doing what comes habitually.

Stroke Order

惯 guàn