懶
lǎn HSK6

lazy

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

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