懶

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11455
• Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2368, character 13
• Unihan data for U+61F6

• Unihan data for U+F90D

• Unihan data for U+2F8B1

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

Definitions

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.

   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.

   Don't be so lazy.

2. sluggish; drowsy
3. (often with 得) too lazy to do something; not feeling like doing something

   • 夏天的我懶得化妝 [MSC, trad.]
     夏天的我懒得化妆 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1988, 鄭怡, 離家出走

     xiàtiān de wǒ lǎnde huàzhuāng

     In the summer, I'm too lazy to put on makeup

   • 乾一罐的汽水　呼出嘆息　快樂懶說明 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     干一罐的汽水　呼出叹息　快乐懒说明 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2020, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], 一人之境

     gon¹ jat¹ gun³ dik¹ hei³ seoi², fu¹ ceot¹ taan³ sik¹, faai³ lok⁶ laan⁵ syut³ ming⁴

     drink up a can of pop, breathe out a gasp, so happy don't feel like explaining

Synonyms

• (lazy):

• (sluggish):

Compounds

Descendants

• → Proto-Tai: *ɡraːnꟲ² (“lazy”)
  • Thai: คร้าน (kráan, “lazy”)

Etymology 2

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. languid
2. be lazy
3. be negligent

Readings

• Go-on: らん (ran); らい (rai)
• Kan-on: らん (ran); らい (rai)
• Kun: おこたる (okotaru, 懶る); ものうい (monoui, 懶い); ものぐさい (monogusai, 懶い)

References

• “懶”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

懶 (eum 라 (ra), South Korea 나 (na))

懶 (eum 란 (ran), South Korea 난 (nan))

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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