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待

待 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. まつ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「彳」+音符「寺」。「まつ」を意味する漢語｛待｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

wait, depend on

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • タイElem.
Kun (native)
  • ま(つ)Elem.
  • 〜ま(ち)
Nanori (used in names)
  • まち
  • まつ
Other languages
  • 拼音dai4
  • 한글dae
  • Hán-ViệtĐãi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
⺍(つかんむり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+5F85

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彳寺

Words using this kanji

  • 待遇たいぐう客などをもてなすこと。 雇用者が雇っている者に対し与える地位・給与など。 それに準じた扱いを受ける地位であること。treatment, reception, service, working conditions
  • 待機たいき機会や命令などがあることに備えて待つこと。standing by, awaiting an opportunity, being on alert, quarantine
  • 待望たいぼう何かを待ち望むこと。 何かを待ち望む。waiting expectantly, waiting eagerly, looking forward to, long-awaited
  • 待ちまち「まち」参照。waiting, waiting time, wait tile, tile which would complete one's hand
  • 待つまつto wait, to await, to look forward to, to anticipate
  • 待たせるまたせるto keep (a person) waiting
  • 待ち受けるまちうけるto await, to wait for, to expect
  • 待合まちあいrendezvous, meeting, assignation, area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony
  • 待ち構えるまちかまえるto lie in wait (for), to be on the watch (for), to wait (for), to watch (for)
  • 待たすまたすto keep (a person) waiting
  • 待ち望むまちのぞむ「まちのぞむ」の漢字表記。to wait eagerly for, to look forward to
  • 待ち遠しいまちどおしいlonged-for, anxiously awaited
  • 待ち合わせまちあわせappointment
  • 待ち合わせるまちあわせる「まちあわせる」の漢字表記。to rendezvous, to meet at a prearranged place and time, to arrange to meet
  • 待ち伏せまちぶせまちぶせを参照。ambush, lying in wait for an ambush
  • 待合室まちあいしつ順番待ちや乗り物の到着を待つために設置された部屋や建物。waiting room
  • 待ちかねるまちかねるto wait impatiently for
  • 待ち合わせ場所まちあわせばしょmeeting place
  • 待避線たいひせん駅構内で他の列車の通過を待避するための線路。siding, sidetrack, turnout
  • 待ちわびるまちわびるto be tired of waiting, to wait impatiently

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Lookup codes

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