怠

dài
#3,018 most
frequent character
idle, lazy, negligent, careless

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

怠 has 心, heart, as the meaning part and 台 tái as the sound part. It first meant to relax or be lazy. That grew to negligent or careless, and then to slight.

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Homophones

HSK 3
带dài
band, belt, girdle, ribbon, tire
HSK 4
戴dài
to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc)
代dài
substitute, replace, take the place of
袋dài
bag, sack, pocket, pouch
待dài
to treat
贷dài
to lend on interest, to borrow
大dài
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

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