The kanji 滞: meaning, readings and stroke order

滞

Meaning: stagnate, stay
On reading: タイ tai
Kun reading: とどこお（る） todokooru
Strokes: 13
Radical: 水 water
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 滯

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ứ đọng, lưu lại (trệ)
Japanese: とどこおる。とどまる。
Korean: 막히다, 머무르다 (체)
Chinese: 停滞、滞留

Readings, words and example sentences

タイ tai · on reading · less common

停てい滞たい
standstill, stalling
話し合いが 停てい滞たいしています。
The discussion has come to a standstill.

とどこお（る） todokooru · kun reading · less common

滞とどこおる
to be delayed, to pile up
仕事が 滞とどこおって います。
The work is falling behind.

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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.