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Translingual
Han character
惰 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心大一月 (PKMB), four-corner 94027, composition ⿰忄⿱左月)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 392, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10855
- Dae Jaweon: page 728, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2326, character 11
- Unihan data for U+60F0
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 鬌
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*ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol
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| 隋
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*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol
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| 墮
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*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol
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| 媠
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*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls
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| 橢
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*l̥ʰoːlʔ
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| 嫷
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*l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ
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| 毻
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*l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds
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| 堶
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*l'oːl
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| 憜
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*l'oːlʔ
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| 惰
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*l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls
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| 嶞
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*l'oːlʔ
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| 髓
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*slolʔ
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| 瀡
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*slolʔ, *slols
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| 隨
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*ljol
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| 隓
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*hlol
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| 隳
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*hlol
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| 撱
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*lolʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls) : semantic 心 (“heart; mind”) + abbreviated phonetic 隋 (OC *l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
Note:
- tō/tǒ͘/tǒ - literary;
- tōaⁿ - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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惰
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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duò
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dwaX ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*lˁojʔ/
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| English
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lazy
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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惰
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惰
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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5426
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5430
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Phonetic
component
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隓
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隓
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Rime
group
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歌
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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墮
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惰
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Old
Chinese
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/*l'oːlʔ/
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/*l'oːls/
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Definitions
惰
- lazy; indolent
- (obsolete) irreverent; careless
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
懶惰 (“lazy”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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懶, 惰, 懈, 怠
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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懶惰
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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懶
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| Taiwan
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懶
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| Singapore
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懶, 懶惰
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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懶
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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懶
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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懶
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| Wuhan
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懶
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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懶
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| Hefei
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懶
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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懶, 蛇
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| Hong Kong
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懶, 蛇
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| Taishan
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懶
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| Yangjiang
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懶
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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懶
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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懶
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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懶, 懶屍
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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懶屍
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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懶屍
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| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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懶屍
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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懶屍
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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懶屍
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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懶屍
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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懶屍
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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懶
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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惰
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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懶, 懶屍, 懶漢, 二婿
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 懶賤, 漚肉
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| Quanzhou
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貧惰, 臭惰, 荏懶, 臭肉, 漚肉
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| Zhangzhou
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貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 想死, 懶賤, 漚肉, 屎礐蟲
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| Taipei
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荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
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| Kaohsiung
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荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
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| Yilan
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荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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貧惰
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| Taichung
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貧惰
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| Tainan
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荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
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| Hsinchu
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貧惰
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| Kinmen
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貧惰
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| Penghu (Magong)
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貧惰
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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荏懶, 貧惰
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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荏懶, 貧惰
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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貧惰, 荏懶, 臭惰, 臭骨
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| Chaozhou
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惰
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| Shantou
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惰
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| Jieyang
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惰
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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惰
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| Leizhou
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惰
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| Haikou
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惰
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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懶
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| Suzhou
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懶, 懶怕
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| Wenzhou
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懶
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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懶
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| Shuangfeng
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懶
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Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
惰
(Jōyō kanji)
- lazy
Readings
Korean
Hanja
惰 (eum 타 (ta))
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Vietnamese
Han character
惰: Hán Nôm readings: đọa/đoạ, nọa/noạ
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