懒

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lazy

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 meaning “heart” + 赖 sound ( lài )

Components 忄赖

lazy · Heisig RSH #2655

state of mind + 赖 rely on

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
懒人沙发	lǎn rén shā fā	beanbag
心灰意懒	xīn huī yì lǎn	discouraged; downhearted
懒人包	lǎn rén bāo	(Tw) (neologism c. 2007) information presented in easily assimilable form (digest, summary…
懒骨头	lǎn gǔ tou	lazybones; beanbag
懒得搭理	lǎn de dā lǐ	not wishing to acknowledge sb; unwilling to respond
好吃懒做	hào chī lǎn zuò	happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom); all take and no give
懒洋洋	lǎn yāng yāng	lazily
懒人	lǎn rén	lazy person
懒得	lǎn de	to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to
懒音	lǎn yīn	(linguistics) phonological reduction; lazy pronunciation; allegro speech
懒驴上磨屎尿多	lǎn lǘ shàng mò shǐ niào duō	(proverb) A lazy person will find many excuses to delay working; lit. When a lazy donkey i…
树懒	shù lǎn	sloth (zoology)
懒汉	lǎn hàn	idle fellow; lazybones
懒虫	lǎn chóng	(coll.) lazybones
懒蛋	lǎn dàn	idler; sluggard
懒散	lǎn sǎn	indolent; negligent; slack
懒鬼	lǎn guǐ	lazybones; idle bum
懒腰	lǎn yāo	a stretch (of one's body)
懒猫	lǎn māo	drowsy or slow-moving cat; (fig.) a lazybones
睡懒觉	shuì lǎn jiào	to sleep in

Characters sharing the sound component 赖 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
赖 sound part	lài	to depend on, to rely on; to bilk, to deny; poor
癞	lài	leprosy; scabies, mange; shoddy
籁	lài	bamboo flute; flute, pipe; a musical note
獭	tǎ	otter
濑	lài	current, rapids