懒

lǎn

l+ǎn·3rd tone

lazy

Radical: 忄 Strokes: 16 HSK 6

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

性情离惊怀快忧慢怪恨禽恒

Same radical

性情离惊怀快忧慢怪恨禽恒悔悟慎

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Character Decomposition

懒=忄+赖

Etymology

heart

Meanings

lazy

lǎn

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Words with 懒 91 total

to shy away from work · to get by without attending duty躲懒duǒ lǎn lazy懒怠lǎn dài idle · lazy懒惰lǎn duò idle fellow · lazybones懒汉lǎn hàn listless; languid; slothful; indolent惫懒bèi lǎn sloth (zoology)树懒shù lǎn indolent · careless疏懒shū lǎn to goof off · to be lazy偷懒tōu lǎn languid · indolent慵懒yōng lǎn lazy person懒人lǎn rén to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to懒得lǎn de indolent; negligent; slack懒散lǎn sǎn (humorous) extreme laziness · (coll.) indolent cancer (esp. thyroid cancer)懒癌lǎn ái a stretch (of one's body)懒腰lǎn yāo idler · sluggard懒蛋lǎn dàn (coll.) lazybones懒虫lǎn chóng drowsy or slow-moving cat · (fig.) a lazybones懒猫lǎn māo (linguistics) phonological reduction; lazy pronunciation; allegro speech懒音lǎn yīn lazybones · idle bum懒鬼lǎn guǐ

Idioms with 懒 9 total Chain

happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) · all take and no give好吃懒做hào chī lǎn zuò discouraged · downhearted心灰意懒xīn huī yì lǎn

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