懒lǎn
lazy, to slack. 16 strokes, radical 忄, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin lǎnStrokes 16Radical 忄Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 懒
Strokes 1–3 write 忄, then strokes 4–16 write 赖.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 懒 · the stroke-order rules
What 懒 is made of
忄 (xīn, heart) and 赖 (lài, to depend on).
忄 carries the meaning — heart — and 赖 carries the sound.
Words that use 懒
| 懒 | lazy, to slack 指不愿出力做事 把每颗螺栓拧得很牢，从不偷懒。They never slack off. Lesson 612, 蓝天钢梁 · 驰骛四方与格物明理 · Broad Horizons & Rational Discernment |
More characters with the radical 忄
All 61 of them, and what the radical means, on the 心 radical page.