懒蛋 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lǎndàn

idler

lǎn lazy Simplified

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

赖 Sound component

lài depend on

Sources

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

dàn eggs

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 延 represents the sound.

Components

延 Sound Remnant component

yán delay

Change in sound

蛋 and 延 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
蛋 l'aːns
延 *la[n]

虫 Meaning component

chóng bug, insect

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	l'aːns

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

lǎn lazy Traditional

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

Components

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

賴 Sound component

lài depend on

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lanX	[N-kə.]rˤanʔ	lazy

Sources

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

懒 lǎn lazy Simplified

Components

Sources

蛋 dàn eggs

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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懶 lǎn lazy Traditional

Components

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

lǎn lazy Simplified

dàn eggs

lǎn lazy Traditional