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惰 — Lazy

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary school#2336 most used
lazy, laziness
On’yomi (da)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (12 strokes)

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Common words using 惰

WordReadingMeaning
怠惰たいだ
taida
lazy; idle; indolent
惰性だせい
dasei
force of habit; inertia

Study notes

惰 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #2336 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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