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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N3

833 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: slow, late, back, later

Kunyomi: おく.れる, おく.らす, おそ.い

Onyomi: チ

Composition: 尸 羊 辶

遅

Radical

Radical: 辵

Reading: しんにょう

Meaning: walk

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

遅刻する(ちこくする)   come late

遅れる(おくれる)   be late [v.i.]

遅らす(おくらす)   delay [v.t.]

遅い(おそい)   late, slow

夜遅く(よるおそく)   late at night

Onyomi Examples

遅々 (チチ) slow, lagging, tardy

遅延 (チエン) delay, latency

棲遅 (セイチ) living in tranquility, retiring to the countryside, retirement house

巧遅 (コウチ) elaborate but slow execution, polished but slow work

Kunyomi Examples

遅れる (おくれる) to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue, to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times), to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death, to be slow (of a clock or watch)

遅らす (おくらす) to delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard

遅い (おそい) slow, late, too late

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