読よみ癖くせ

noun

idiosyncratic reading; peculiar pronunciation of a kanji or compound

Refers to a non-standard or unexpected way of reading a kanji or compound, often due to habit, dialect, or historical usage. Common in discussions of Japanese orthography and language learning.

• この漢かん字じには読よみ癖くせがあるので、注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。

  This kanji has an idiosyncratic reading, so you need to be careful.

• 彼かれは「雰ふん囲い気き」を「ふいんき」と読よむ読よみ癖くせがある。

  He has a habit of reading 雰囲気 as ふいんき (instead of the standard ふんいき).