Chinese Character 怠 Meanings and components.

Form

怠

Meaning

怠 meaning[3] in English

Idle.

Lazy.

Negligent.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 怠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Taiwan (abbr.) (台) , and heart (心)

Its radical[1] is: 心 (xin1) which means: Heart, Mind, Intention, Center, Core, Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4], .心xin1heart

In cangjie it is written with IRP

How to write 怠

To write怠dai4idle you should write a combination of 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) , 心xin1heart arranged in a 吕 shape:

台 + 心 = 怠

怠 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 怠 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 怠, looks as follow:

怠
Pinyin:dai4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Idle . Lazy . Negligent . Careless
台
Pinyin:tai2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Taiwan (Abbr.) . Surname Tai
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
心
Pinyin:xin1
Meaning[3]: Heart . Mind . Intention . Center . Core . Cl:顆|颗[Ke1],個|个[Ge4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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