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惰

惰 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 粗末にする。軽んずる。
  2. なまける。
  3. 行儀が悪い。
  4. 不勉強。不敬。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「心」 + 音符「隋」の略体。「おこたる」を意味する漢語｛惰｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

lazy, laziness

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ダJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音duo4
  • 한글ta
  • Hán-ViệtNọa

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Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
心(こころ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+60F0

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰忄𲺋

Words using this kanji

  • 惰性だせい今までの習慣。force of habit, inertia
  • 惰力だりょく惰性の力。inertia, momentum, force of habit
  • 惰気だき怠惰な気分、心情。indolence, listlessness
  • 惰眠だみん怠けて眠ること。 何もせず無駄に過ごすこと。 活気がないこと。idle slumber, indolence, inactivity
  • 惰弱だじゃく気持ちに張りがなく、だらけていること。 体、勢力が弱いこと。apathetic, lackadaisical, indolent, listless
  • 惰行だこう惰性で進行すること。coasting (moving without using power)
  • 惰性的だせいてきout of habit, by inertia, by force of habit, mechanical
  • 惰眠をむさぼるだみんをむさぼるto sleep all day, to idle away one's time, to loaf all day

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