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懶 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 心木中金 (PDLC), four-corner 97086, composition ⿰忄賴)

trad. 懶
simp. 懒
2nd round simp. 𰑐
alternative forms 嬾／𰌙孏 ancient㦨⿰忄阑

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------------------------ | | 賴 | *raːds | | 籟 | *raːds | | 癩 | *raːds, *raːd | | 瀨 | *raːds | | 藾 | *raːds | | 攋 | *raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd | | 懶 | *raːnʔ | | 嬾 | *raːnʔ | | 獺 | *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raːnʔ): semantic 忄 (“heart”) + phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Note:

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 懶
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) lǎn
MiddleChinese ‹ lanX ›
OldChinese /*[N-kə.]rˁanʔ/
English lazy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 懶
Reading # 1/1
No. 7638
Phoneticcomponent 賴
Rimegroup 元
Rimesubdivision 1
CorrespondingMC rime 嬾
OldChinese /*raːnʔ/
Notes 俗嬾字集韻又從柬聲

懶

  1. lazy; indolent; slothful
    我的弟弟非常懶，一點家務都不會做。 [MSC, _trad._]
    我的弟弟非常懒，一点家务都不会做。 [MSC, _simp._]
    Wǒ de dìdi fēicháng lǎn, yīdiǎn jiāwù dōu bùhuì zuò. [Pinyin]
    My younger brother is really lazy; he doesn't do any chores.
    你唔好咁懶啦。 [Cantonese, _trad._]
    你唔好咁懒啦。 [Cantonese, _simp._]
    nei5 m4 hou2 gam3 laan5 laa1. [Jyutping]
    Don't be so lazy.
  2. sluggish; drowsy
  3. (often with 得) too lazy to do something; not feeling like doing something

Dialectal synonyms of 懶惰 (“lazy”) [map]

Variety Location Words edit
Classical Chinese 懶, 惰, 懈, 怠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 懶惰
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 懶
Taiwan 懶
Singapore 懶, 懶惰
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 懶
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 懶
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 懶
Wuhan 懶
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 懶
Hefei 懶
Cantonese Guangzhou 懶, 蛇
Hong Kong 懶, 蛇
Taishan 懶
Yangjiang 懶
Singapore (Guangfu) 懶
Gan Nanchang 懶
Hakka Meixian 懶, 懶屍
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 懶屍
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 懶屍
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 懶屍
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 懶屍
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 懶屍
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 懶屍
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 懶屍
Jin Taiyuan 懶
Northern Min Jian'ou 惰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 懶, 懶屍, 懶漢, 二婿
Southern Min Xiamen 貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 懶賤, 漚肉
Quanzhou 貧惰, 臭惰, 荏懶, 臭肉, 漚肉
Zhangzhou 貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 想死, 懶賤, 漚肉, 屎礐蟲
Taipei 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
New Taipei (Sanxia) 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Kaohsiung 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Yilan 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Changhua (Lukang) 貧惰
Taichung 貧惰
Tainan 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Hsinchu 貧惰
Kinmen 貧惰
Penghu (Magong) 貧惰
Penang (Hokkien) 荏懶, 貧惰
Singapore (Hokkien) 荏懶, 貧惰
Manila (Hokkien) 貧惰, 荏懶, 臭惰, 臭骨
Chaozhou 惰
Shantou 惰
Jieyang 惰
Singapore (Teochew) 惰
Leizhou 惰
Haikou 惰
Wu Shanghai 懶
Shanghai (Chongming) 懶撲
Suzhou 懶, 懶怕
Wenzhou 懶
Xiang Changsha 懶
Shuangfeng 懶

For pronunciation and definitions of 懶 – see 讕.
(This character is a variant form of 讕).

懶

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. languid
  2. be lazy
  3. be negligent

懶 (eum 라 (ra), word-initial (South Korea) 나 (na))

懶 (eum 란 (ran), word-initial (South Korea) 난 (nan))

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懶: Hán Nôm readings: lại, lãn, lớn, lười

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