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懶

See also: 懒
懶 U 61F6, 懶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61F6
← 懵
[U 61F5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 懷 →
[U 61F7]
懶 U F90D, 懶
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F90D
← 奈
[U F90C] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 癩 →
[U F90E]
懶 U 2F8B1, 懶
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8B1
← 懲
[U 2F8B0] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 成 →
[U 2F8B2]

Translingual

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Han character

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懶 (Kangxi radical 61, 心 16, 19 strokes, cangjie input 心木中金 (PDLC), four-corner 97086, composition ⿰忄賴)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 408, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11455
  • Dae Jaweon: page 749, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2368, character 13
  • Unihan data for U 61F6

Chinese

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trad. 懶
simp. 懒
2nd round simp. 𰑐
alternative forms 嬾／𰌙
孏 ancient
㦨
⿰忄阑

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (賴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
賴 *raːds
籟 *raːds
癩 *raːds, *raːd
瀨 *raːds
藾 *raːds
攋 *raːds, *reːdʔ, *raːd
懶 *raːnʔ
嬾 *raːnʔ
獺 *r̥ʰaːd, *hr'aːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raːnʔ) : semantic 忄 (“heart”) phonetic 賴 (OC *raːds).

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Note:
  • lán - literary;
  • nōa - vernacular.
Rime
Character 懶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 寒 (61)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 落旱切
Baxter lanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑnX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lanX/
Li
Rong 		/lɑnX/
Wang
Li 		/lɑnX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lɑnX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		laan5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 懶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lǎn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lanX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[N-kə.]rˁanʔ/
English lazy

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 懶
Reading # 1/1
No. 7638
Phonetic
component 		賴
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		嬾
Old
Chinese 		/*raːnʔ/
Notes 俗嬾字集韻又從柬聲

Definitions

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懶

  1. lazy; indolent; slothful
    我的弟弟非常懶，一點家務都不會做。 [MSC, trad.]
    我的弟弟非常懒，一点家务都不会做。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ de dìdi fēicháng lǎn, yīdiǎn jiāwù dōu bùhuì zuò. [Pinyin]
    My younger brother is really lazy; he doesn't do any chores.
    你唔好咁懶啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    你唔好咁懒啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 m4 hou2 gam3 laan5 laa1. [Jyutping]
    Don't be so lazy.
  2. sluggish; drowsy
  3. (often with 得) too lazy to do something; not feeling like doing something
Synonyms
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  • (lazy):
Dialectal synonyms of 懶惰 (“lazy”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 懶, 惰, 懈, 怠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 懶惰
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 懶
Taiwan 懶
Singapore 懶, 懶惰
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 懶
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 懶
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 懶
Wuhan 懶
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 懶
Hefei 懶
Cantonese Guangzhou 懶, 蛇
Hong Kong 懶, 蛇
Taishan 懶
Yangjiang 懶
Singapore (Guangfu) 懶
Gan Nanchang 懶
Hakka Meixian 懶, 懶屍
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 懶屍
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 懶屍
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 懶屍
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 懶屍
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 懶屍
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 懶屍
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 懶屍
Jin Taiyuan 懶
Northern Min Jian'ou 惰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 懶, 懶屍, 懶漢, 二婿
Southern Min Xiamen 貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 懶賤, 漚肉
Quanzhou 貧惰, 臭惰, 荏懶, 臭肉, 漚肉
Zhangzhou 貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 想死, 懶賤, 漚肉, 屎礐蟲
Taipei 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
New Taipei (Sanxia) 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Kaohsiung 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Yilan 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Changhua (Lukang) 貧惰
Taichung 貧惰
Tainan 荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
Hsinchu 貧惰
Kinmen 貧惰
Penghu (Magong) 貧惰
Penang (Hokkien) 荏懶, 貧惰
Singapore (Hokkien) 荏懶, 貧惰
Manila (Hokkien) 貧惰, 荏懶, 臭惰, 臭骨
Chaozhou 惰
Shantou 惰
Jieyang 惰
Singapore (Teochew) 惰
Leizhou 惰
Haikou 惰
Wu Shanghai 懶
Suzhou 懶, 懶怕
Wenzhou 懶
Xiang Changsha 懶
Shuangfeng 懶
  • (sluggish):
Compounds
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Descendants

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  • → Proto-Tai: *ɡraːnꟲ² (“lazy”)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 懶 – see 讕.
(This character is a variant form of 讕).

Japanese

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Kanji

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懶

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. languid
  2. be lazy
  3. be negligent

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Korean

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Hanja

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懶 (eum 라 (ra), word-initial (South Korea) 나 (na))

懶 (eum 란 (ran), word-initial (South Korea) 난 (nan))

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Han character

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懶: Hán Nôm readings: lại, lãn, lớn, lười

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