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The kanji 遅: meaning, readings and stroke order
遅
- Meaning
- slow, late
- On reading
- チ chi
- Kun reading
- おく（れる） okureru、おく（らす） okurasu、おそ（い） osoi
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辵 walk
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 遲
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- chậm, muộn (trì)
- Japanese
- おそい。おくれる。
- Korean
- 늦다, 느리다 (지)
- Chinese
- 迟、慢 (迟)
Readings, words and example sentences
チ chi · on reading · less common
遅刻
being late
電車が おくれて 遅刻しました。
The train was late, so I was late too.
おく（れる） okureru · kun reading
遅れる
to be late, to be delayed
バスが 十分 遅れました。
The bus was ten minutes late.
おく（らす） okurasu · kun reading · less common
遅らす
to set back, to delay
時計を 五分 遅らせます。
I set the clock back five minutes.
おそ（い） osoi · kun reading
遅い
slow, late
今日は 帰りが 遅いです。
I'm coming home late today.
Practise writing 遅 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 遅 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.