遅 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 動きがおそい。
  2. 動きをおくらせる。ひきのばす。おくれる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「遲」の異体字。遲#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

slow, late, back, later

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • おく(れる)JHS
  • おく(らす)JHS
  • おそ(い)JHS
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音chi2
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtTrì

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

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+9045

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶𡱝

Words using this kanji

  • 遅れおくれ「おくれ」の漢字表記。delay, lag, falling behind, falling behind in
  • 遅延ちえん予定の期日や時間に遅れること。間に合わないこと。delay, latency
  • 遅いおそいslow, late, too late
  • 遅々ちちslow, lagging, tardy
  • 遅刻ちこく決まった時間に遅れること。lateness, tardiness, arriving late
  • 遅咲きおそざきblooming late, flowering late, blossoming late, late-flowering plant
  • 遅配ちはい配達が遅れること。 配給や支給か遅れること。delay (in payment, delivery, rationing, etc.)
  • 遅滞ちたい物事の進行が遅れ、滞ること。delay, procrastination
  • 遅れるおくれる「おくれる」参照。to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue
  • 遅らすおくらすto delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard
  • 遅れを取るおくれをとるto fall behind, to lag behind, to be outdistanced, to be beaten
  • 遅らせるおくらせるおくらせるを参照。to delay, to postpone, to put off, to slow down
  • 遅くおそくlate, slowly
  • 遅速ちそく動きがこととこと。遅いか速いかの程度。speed, progress
  • 遅着ちちゃくlate arrival
  • 遅疑ちぎ疑い迷ってぐずぐずすること。hesitation, vacillation
  • 遅鈍ちどん動作などがのろく遅いこと。また、そのようなさま。dullness, stupidity
  • 遅参ちさん決められた時刻に遅れて来ること。late attendance, lateness, tardiness
  • 遅霜おそじも「おそじも」の漢字表記。late spring frost
  • 遅日ちじつlong spring day

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-9
Four Corner
3730.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q9.17
Heisig
1148
Nelson
4722