Chinese Character 懶 Meanings and components.

Form

懶

Meaning

懶 meaning[3] in English

Lazy.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 懶 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 61 … (忄) , and surname Lai (賴)

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 PDLC

How to write 懶

To write懶lan3lazy you should write a combination of 忄xin5Kangxi radical … , 賴lai4surname Lai arranged in a 吅 shape:

忄 + 賴 = 懶

懶 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

懶
Pinyin:lan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Lazy
忄
Pinyin:xin5
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 61 (心) As A Vertical Side Element
賴
Pinyin:lai4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Lai
束
Pinyin:shu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
負
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Bear . To Carry (On One'S Back) . To Turn One'S Back On . To Be Defeated . Negative (Math. Etc)
⺈
Pinyin:⺈
刀
Pinyin:dao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Dao
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8

Notes

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

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

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