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Chinese symbol for “laziness”

惰性
duò xìng
inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for laziness is 惰性 (duò xìng), defined as: inert (chemistry); apathy; inertia; laziness.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

惰 duò
lazy, idle, indolent; careless
radical 61 ⼼ · 12 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 惰性.

WordPinyinMeaning
懒惰 (懶惰)lǎn duòidle; lazy
怠惰dài duòidleness
惰性气体 (惰性氣體)duò xìng qì tǐ(chemistry) inert gas (esp. a noble gas)
偷惰tōu duòto skive off work; to be lazy
娇惰 (嬌惰)jiāo duòpampered and lazy; indolent; without energy
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male
性质 (性質)xìng zhìnature; characteristic

See also: Japanese symbol for “laziness”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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