The kanji 待: meaning, readings and stroke order
待
- Meaning
- wait
- On reading
- タイ tai
- Kun reading
- ま(つ) matsu
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 彳 step
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chờ, đợi (đãi)
- Japanese
- まつ。
- Korean
- 기다리다 (대)
- Chinese
- 等、等待
Readings, words and example sentences
タイ tai · on reading
期待
hope, looking forward
みんなが 期待して います。
Everyone is looking forward to it.
ま(つ) matsu · kun reading
待つ
to wait
駅で 友だちを 待ちます。
I wait for my friend at the station.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.