惰

duò

adjective #47,098

Meanings

长期的安逸使人懒惰。

Chángqī de ānyì shǐ rén lǎnduò.

Long comfort makes people lazy.

物体的惰性使它保持原来的运动状态。

Wùtǐ de duòxìng shǐ tā bǎochí yuánlái de yùndòng zhuàngtài.

An object's inertia keeps it in its current state of motion.

usage

Common in 懒惰 (lǎnduò, lazy) and 惰性 (duòxìng), which means both human laziness and the scientific sense of inertia or chemical inertness.

radical

忄 shùxīn

heart; mind

The vertical heart radical 忄 (a left-side form of 心, heart) marks this as a state of mind: an inner slackness, not just physical tiredness.

phonetic

左 zuǒ

left (phonetic)

The right side is a 隋-derived sound element built over 左 plus a flesh part underneath; it carries the pronunciation, shifted to duò.

惰 duò