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惰

lazy
Stroke count: 12

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. lazyRtK
    彼は怠惰な学生だ。He is a lazy student.tatoeba
    彼は怠惰で無責任だった。結局、彼は退社を命じられた。He was lazy and irresponsible. Thus, he was told to leave the company.tatoeba
  2. laziness
  1. force of habit
  2. inertia

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Freud · state of mind · left-handed · left · by one’s side · craft (工) · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 676

Compound words

惰性だせい
force of habit; inertia
怠惰たいだ
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
勤惰きんだ
diligence and indolence
惰気だき
indolence
惰弱だじゃく
apathetic
惰眠だみん
idle slumber
惰力だりょく
inertia
遊惰ゆうだ
indolence
嬾惰らんだ
indolence
懶惰らんだ
indolence

Additional Examples

彼は怠惰であったことを後悔している。
He regrets having been lazy.tatoeba
彼は生まれつき怠惰だ。
He is lazy by nature.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

なんとなく惰性で見ちゃうんだよね
なんとなくだせいでみちゃうんだよねSomehow I end up watching it out of mere habit.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 惰

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