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怠 — 9 strokes / Radical「心」

道
3Junior high level / 9 strokes / Radical「心」
On
タイたい · tai
Kun
おこた.る・なま.けるokota.ru · nama.keru
Meaning
neglect; be idle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

台 with 心 "heart": a heart gone slack — to neglect, to be idle.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onタイたいtai怠惰たいだ怠慢たいまん
Kunおこたるokotaru怠るおこたる
Kunなまけるnamakeru怠けるなまける怠け者なまけもの

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 怠慢たいまん

    negligence

  • 怠惰たいだ

    idleness

More words with this kanji

  • 倦怠けんたい
  • 懈怠けたい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

点検(てんけん)を怠(おこた)らないようにする。

I make sure not to neglect inspections.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

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