惯

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accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child)

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 meaning “heart” + 贯 sound ( guàn )

Components 忄贯

accustomed to · Heisig RSH #582

state of mind + 贯 pierce

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
转动惯量	zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng	moment of inertia (mechanics)
习惯成自然	xí guàn chéng zì rán	(saying) habit becomes second nature; to do something as if it were perfectly natural beca…
司空见惯	sī kōng jiàn guàn	a common occurrence (idiom)
惯用手	guàn yòng shǒu	dominant hand
惯用语	guàn yòng yǔ	commonly used phrase; idiom; colloquial usage
惯性系	guàn xìng xì	inertial system; inertial frame (mechanics)
习惯用法	xí guàn yòng fǎ	idiom
习惯自然	xí guàn zì rán	see 習慣成自然\|习惯成自然[xi2 guan4 cheng2 zi4 ran2]
习惯用语	xí guàn yòng yǔ	idiom; idiomatic expression; habitual form of speech (grammar)
看不惯	kàn bu guàn	cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove
习惯性	xí guàn xìng	customary
惯性	guàn xìng	(physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; hab…
惯家	guàn jia	(usually derog.) an old hand at sth
习惯法	xí guàn fǎ	customary law; common law
惯有	guàn yǒu	customary; usual
惯用	guàn yòng	to use habitually; habitual; customary
娇生惯养	jiāo shēng guàn yǎng	pampered and spoiled since childhood
过惯	guò guàn	to be accustomed to (a certain lifestyle etc)
惯量	guàn liàng	inertia (mechanics)
惯常	guàn cháng	usual; customary

Characters sharing the sound component 贯 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
贯 sound part	guàn	to pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins
掼	guàn	to fling, to smash; to know, to be familiar