惰

惰

惰 U+60F0, 惰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60F0 ← 惯 [U+60EF] CJK Unified Ideographs 惱 → [U+60F1]

Translingual

Han character

惰 (radical 61, 心+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 心大一月 (PKMB), four-corner 9402₇, composition ⿰忄⿱左月)

References

• KangXi: page 392, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10855
• Dae Jaweon: page 728, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2326, character 11
• Unihan data for U+60F0

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		惰
variant forms		媠 隳 obsolete

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duò (duo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tho
• Min Dong (BUC): dô̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): tō / tǒ͘ / tǒ / tōaⁿ / tǒaⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): duan⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): du (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: duò
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tuo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duò
    • IPA ^(key): /twɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: do⁶
    • Yale: doh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: do⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /tɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tho
    • Hakka Romanization System: to
    • Hagfa Pinyim: to⁴
    • IPA: /tʰo⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dô̤
    • IPA ^(key): /tɔ²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tō
    • Tâi-lô: tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /to³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ͘
    • Tâi-lô: tǒo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒ
    • Tâi-lô: tǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dvoa
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen): /tuã²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tuã³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tǒaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tuǎnn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tuã²²/

Note:

• tō/tǒ͘/tǒ - literary;
• tōaⁿ - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: duan⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuăⁿ
    • IPA ^(key): /tũã³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: du (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /d̻v̩ʷ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /duɑ^X/, /duɑ^H/▼

Rime
Character	惰	惰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	徒果切	徒臥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/duɑX/	/duɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/duɑX/	/duɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/duɑX/	/duɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dwaX/	/dwaH/
Li Rong	/duɑX/	/duɑH/
Wang Li	/duɑX/	/duɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱuɑX/	/dʱuɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	duò	duò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'oːlʔ/, /*l'oːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	惰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	duò
Middle Chinese	‹ dwaX ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁojʔ/
English	lazy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	惰	惰
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	5426	5430
Phonetic component	隓	隓
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	墮	惰
Old Chinese	/*l'oːlʔ/	/*l'oːls/

Definitions

惰

1. lazy

   • 教不嚴，師之惰。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     教不严，师之惰。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Three Character Classic, circa 13^th century CE

     Jiào bù yán, shī zhī duò. [Pinyin]

     To teach, without severity, is the teacher's laziness.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 懶惰 (“lazy”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		懶, 惰, 懈, 怠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		懶惰
Mandarin	Beijing	懶
	Taiwan	懶
	Jinan	懶
	Xi'an	懶
	Wuhan	懶
	Chengdu	懶
	Yangzhou	懶
	Hefei	懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	懶, 蛇
	Hong Kong	懶, 蛇
	Taishan	懶
	Yangjiang	懶
Gan	Nanchang	懶
Hakka	Meixian	懶
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	懶屍
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	懶屍
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	懶屍
	Dongshi (Dabu)	懶屍
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	懶屍
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	懶屍
Jin	Taiyuan	懶
Min Bei	Jian'ou	惰
Min Dong	Fuzhou	懶, 懶屍, 懶漢, 二婿
Min Nan	Xiamen	貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 懶賤, 漚肉
	Quanzhou	貧惰, 臭惰, 荏懶, 臭肉, 漚肉
	Zhangzhou	貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 想死, 懶賤, 漚肉
	Taipei	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Kaohsiung	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Tainan	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Taichung	貧惰
	Hsinchu	貧惰
	Lukang	貧惰
	Sanxia	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Yilan	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Kinmen	貧惰
	Magong	貧惰
	Penang	荏懶, 貧惰
	Philippines (Manila)	貧惰
	Chaozhou	惰
Wu	Suzhou	懶, 懶怕
	Wenzhou	懶
Xiang	Changsha	懶
	Shuangfeng	懶

Compounds

媮惰 嬌惰／娇惰 怠惰 (dàiduò) 惰性 (duòxìng)

惰慢 (duòmàn) 惰民 慢惰 (mànduò) 慵惰

懶惰／懒惰 (lǎnduò) 窳惰 貧惰／贫惰 遊惰／游惰

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Japanese

Kanji

惰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. lazy

Readings

• Go-on: だ (da, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: た (ta)
• Kun: おこたる (okotaru, 惰る)

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Korean

Hanja

惰 (eum 타 (ta))

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Vietnamese

Han character

惰: Hán Nôm readings: đọa/đoạ, nọa/noạ

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