惰
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lazy
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 心 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 惰
- Common rank
- #3,251
- Unicode
- U+60F0
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
indolent · Heisig RSH #1803
state of mind + 左 left + flesh
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 惰
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惰性气体 | (chemistry) inert gas (esp. a noble gas) | |
| 避其锐气，击其惰归 | avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom) | |
| 惰性 | inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness | |
| 游惰 | to laze about without doing anything productive | |
| 偷惰 | to skive off work; to be lazy | |
| 娇惰 | pampered and lazy; indolent; without energy | |
| 懒惰 | idle; lazy | |
| 怠惰 | idleness | |
| 懈惰 | slack; idle |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 左 — compare how they read.