Definitions
to idle, to dawdle; thoughtless, careless
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颟, the simplified form of traditional 顢, is a phono-semantic compound: semantic 页 ('head') and phonetic 满 ('full'). The traditional form uses 頁 and 滿. Originally denoting a large, broad face or head, the character's meaning shifted over time to a mental trait. Now it appears almost exclusively in 颟顸, meaning muddle-headed, careless, or incompetent, with the 'head' radical pointing to mental fog rather than physical appearance.
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