漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
怠: neglect, laziness
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
心 carries the meaning · 台 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 怠慢たいまんnegligence; neglect; carelessness
- 怠惰たいだlazy; idle; indolent
おこたるokotaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 怠るおこたるto neglect; to be negligent in
- 怠りおこたりnegligence; carelessness
なまけるnamakeru · kun'yomi
- 怠けるなまけるto be lazy; to be idle; to slack
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 怠いだるいsluggish; languid; listless
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
台
Also built on pedestal (台)
怠 takes the 台 family's reading, タイ (tai).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side怠 neglect · 台
vs忠 loyalty · 中In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dài
Same form: 怠 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 怠 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 怠 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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