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邋

lā
adjective #62,531

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 邋遢) sloppy; slovenly; unkempt

Examples

他穿得很邋遢，从来不梳头。
Tā chuān de hěn lāta, cónglái bù shū tóu.
He dresses really sloppily and never combs his hair.
别那么邋遢，把房间收拾干净。
Bié nàme lāta, bǎ fángjiān shōushi gānjìng.
Don't be so slovenly; tidy your room up.

Tips

usage
This character never stands alone. It only appears in the colloquial word 邋遢 ('sloppy, unkempt'), where the second syllable is toneless. Memorize the pair as a unit.

Components

radical
辶 chuò
walk; movement (radical form)
The walk radical, written last and wrapping the bottom-left. Its motion sense fits a word about a draggling, untidy gait, the same family as 进 and 遢.
phonetic
巤 liè
animal mane; phonetic
The body of the character, carrying the rough sound. The same phonetic gives 猎 (to hunt) and 蜡.

Stroke Order

邋 lā