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Translingual
Han character
慵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心戈中月 (PILB), four-corner 90027, composition ⿰忄庸)
- indolent, easygoing, lazy
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11144
- Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2347, character 9
- Unihan data for U+6175
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 通
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*l̥ʰoːŋ
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| 俑
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*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
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| 蓪
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*l̥ʰoːŋ
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| 桶
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*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
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| 捅
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*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
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| 痛
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*l̥ʰoːŋs
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| 筩
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*l'oːŋ
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| 誦
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*ljoŋs
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| 傭
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*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
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| 慵
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*ɦljoŋ
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| 鱅
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*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
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| 滽
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*loŋ
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| 墉
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*loŋ
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| 鏞
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*loŋ
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| 鄘
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*loŋ
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| 槦
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*loŋ
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| 銿
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*loŋ
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| 甬
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*loŋʔ
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| 勇
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*loŋʔ
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| 涌
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*loŋʔ
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| 踊
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*loŋʔ
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| 蛹
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*loŋʔ
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| 恿
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*loŋʔ
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| 慂
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*loŋʔ
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| 悀
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*loŋʔ
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| 埇
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*loŋʔ
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| 踴
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*loŋʔ
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| 庸
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*loŋ
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| 用
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*loŋs
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| 佣
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*loŋs
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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慵
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15438
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Phonetic
component
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用
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Rime
group
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鱅
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɦljoŋ/
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Definitions
慵
- indolent, lazy, lethargic
曾聞羈旅出文章，天起慵夫走四方。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]- From: 1592, 《於于集》
- Jeung mun giryeo chul munjang, cheon gi yong bu ju sabang. [Sino-Korean]
- I had heard that to dwell in strange lands brings forth writing;
So Heaven raised this lazy man and made me run across the four directions.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
慵
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
慵 (eum 용 (yong))
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Vietnamese
Han character
慵: Hán Nôm readings: thuồng
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