惫懒
bèi​lǎn

slothful

惫 bèi tired Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 备 represents the meaning and 心 represents the sound. Simplified form of 憊.

Components

备
备 SoundSimplified component
bèi prepare
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

夂 is a component form of 止.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

懒 lǎn lazy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 赖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懶.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

赖
赖 Sound component
lài depend on

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

憊 tired Traditional

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

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
備
備 Sound component
bèi prepare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbrɯːɡs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

懶 lǎn lazy Traditional

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

賴
賴 Sound component
lài depend on

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlanX[N-kə.]rˤanʔ lazy

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart