怠惰
dài​duò

idleness

怠 dài, yí idle

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 台 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
台
台 Sound component
tái platform

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdojXlˤəʔidle, negligent
Zhengzhangl'ɯːʔ

說文解字

慢也。从心台聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

惰 duò, tuó indolent

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

mind

左
左 Sound component
zuǒ left
⺼
⺼ Unknown component
ròu meat, flesh

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdwaXlˤojʔlazy
Zhengzhangl'oːlʔ
l'oːls

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica