惰
lazy
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,251 U+60F0
How 惰 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “mind”) + 左 (phonetic, zuǒ)
How to remember it
indolent · Heisig RSH #1803
state of mind + 左 left + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 左
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 左 (zuǒ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 左 sound component | zuǒ | left; unorthodox, improper |
| 佐 | zuǒ | to assist, to aid; subordinate, second |
Words containing 惰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惰性气体 | duò xìng qì tǐ | (chemistry) inert gas (esp. a noble gas) |
| 避其锐气，击其惰归 | bì qí ruì qì , jī qí duò guī | avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom) |
| 惰性 | duò xìng | inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness |
| 游惰 | yóu duò | to laze about without doing anything productive |
| 偷惰 | tōu duò | to skive off work; to be lazy |
| 娇惰 | jiāo duò | pampered and lazy; indolent; without energy |
| 懒惰 | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
| 怠惰 | dài duò | idleness |
| 懈惰 | xiè duò | slack; idle |