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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1703 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: neglect, laziness

Kunyomi: おこた.る, なま.ける

Onyomi: タイ

Composition: 台 心

怠

Radical

Radical: 心

Meaning: heart

Reading: こころ

Frequency: 1,115

Alternative forms:

忄(alt radical position hen)

心

Examples

Onyomi Examples

怠慢 (タイマン) negligence, neglect, carelessness, procrastination

滞納 (タイノウ) falling behind (with a payment), being in arrears, non-payment, default, delinquency

懈怠 (ケタイ) laziness, indolence, negligence (of duties), misfeasance, nonfeasance, negligence, laches, kausidya

休怠 (キュウタイ) laziness, neglect

Kunyomi Examples

怠る (おこたる) to neglect, to be negligent in, to be neglectful of, to fail to do, to leave undone, to avoid (doing), to shirk, to be unmindful of, to improve (of an illness), to get better

怠ける (なまける) to be lazy, to be idle, to slack, to neglect (e.g. one's work), to be neglectful of, to skip (e.g. school)

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