懶

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

• 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

• Unihan data for U+F90D

• Unihan data for U+2F8B1

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

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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

   • 夏天的我懶得化妝 [MSC, trad.]
     夏天的我懒得化妆 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1988, 鄭怡, 離家出走

     xiàtiān de wǒ lǎnde huàzhuāng [Pinyin]

     In the summer, I'm too lazy to put on makeup

   • 乾一罐的汽水　呼出嘆息　快樂懶說明 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     干一罐的汽水　呼出叹息　快乐懒说明 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2020, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], 一人之境 [Solitude]

     gon¹ jat¹ gun³ dik¹ hei³ seoi², fu¹ ceot¹ taan³ sik¹, faai³ lok⁶ laan⁵ syut³ ming⁴ [Jyutping]

     [I] drink up a can of pop, breathe out a gasp, so happy [I] don't feel like explaining

• (lazy):

• (sluggish):

• → Proto-Tai: *ɡraːnꟲ² (“lazy”)
  • Thai: คร้าน (kráan, “lazy”)

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. languid
2. be lazy
3. be negligent

• Go-on: らん (ran)、らい (rai)
• Kan-on: らん (ran)、らい (rai)
• Kun: おこたる (okotaru, 懶る)、ものうい (monoui, 懶い)、ものぐさい (monogusai, 懶い)

• “懶”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

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

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

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

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