Chinese symbol for “sloth”
树懒
shù lǎn
Traditional: 樹懶
sloth (zoology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sloth is 树懒 (shù lǎn), defined as: sloth (zoology).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 树懒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 树立 (樹立) | shù lì | to set up; to establish |
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
| 树林 (樹林) | shù lín | woods; grove |
| 树枝 (樹枝) | shù zhī | branch; twig |
| 植树 (植樹) | zhí shù | to plant trees |
| 树脂 (樹脂) | shù zhī | resin |
| 懒得 (懶得) | lǎn de | to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to |
| 懒惰 (懶惰) | lǎn duò | idle; lazy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sloth”.
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.