Readings
Meanings
- to delay
- to postpone
- to slow down
- to retard
Radicals and components
How it's built遅
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Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘflag (方) · sheep (羊) · road (辶)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1148
Compound words
slow; late; too lateto be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.)lateness; tardiness; arriving lateto come latedelay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind into delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retarddelay; latencydelay; procrastinationdelay (in payment, delivery, rationing, etc.)slow; lagging; tardybeing too late; losing one's final chanceblooming late; flowering late; blossoming late; being a late bloomer (of an athlete, author, etc.)to get a late startto miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind byliving in tranquilitya month or olderlate sowingdelayed mental developmentbelatedto miss (a train, bus, etc.)delay distortionshilly-shallyborn after April 1to delay; to postpone Kun Reading Examples
I do not get up early.tatoeba Additional Examples
He may have missed the plane.tatoeba He was irritated by her delay.tatoeba 頼盛は頼朝に、宗清は病気のため到着が遅れると伝えていた。 Yorimori had informed Yoritomo that Munekiyo's arrival would be delayed because of illness.wiki同年2月2日に薨去した弟頼通に遅れること八ヶ月であった。 Her death came 8 months after the death of her younger brother Yorimichi on February 2 of the same year.wiki区内の他の町は遅くとも明治時代の初期には成立している。 Other towns in Kamigyo Ward had been established by the early Meiji period at the latest.wikiStroke Order
12 strokes
Late, slow. ⻌ (movement) + 尸 + 羊 (sheep) — a sheep plodding along. 遅刻 — being late.
Practice Writing
Practice Writing 遅
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step