懒怠
lǎn​dài

lazy

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

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)

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