慵

慵 U+6175, 慵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6175 ← 慴 [U+6174] CJK Unified Ideographs 慶 → [U+6176]

Translingual

Han character

慵 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 心戈中月 (PILB), four-corner 9002₇, composition ⿰忄庸)

1. indolent, easygoing, lazy

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 400, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11144
• Dae Jaweon: page 740, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2347, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6175

Chinese

trad.		慵
simp. #		慵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōng, yóng (yong¹, yong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ, ㄩㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yong
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹
    • Yale: yūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóng
    • Wade–Giles: yung²
    • Yale: yúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yong
    • Palladius: юн (jun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁴
    • Yale: yùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyowng

Rime
Character	慵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	蜀庸切
Baxter	dzyowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuawŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑioŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljoŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	慵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15438
Phonetic component	用
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	鱅
Old Chinese	/*ɦljoŋ/

Definitions

慵

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Compounds

• 乖慵
• 偎慵墮懶／偎慵堕懒
• 嬌慵／娇慵
• 心慵意懶／心慵意懒
• 意慵心懶／意慵心懒
• 意懶心慵／意懒心慵
• 慵惰
• 慵懶／慵懒 (yōnglǎn)
• 疏慵
• 疏慵愚鈍／疏慵愚钝

 

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01165

Japanese

Kanji

慵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)
• Kan’yō-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: ものうい (monoui, 慵い)

Korean

Hanja

慵 (eum 용 (yong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

慵: Hán Nôm readings: thuồng

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