懈
xiè HSK7

idle

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 解 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

解
解 Sound component
jiě divide

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkreːs

說文解字

怠也。从心解聲。

Sources

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