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遲

Readings

Kana: チ、おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い

Romaji: chi, oku.reru, oku.rasu, oso.i

Kana

Romaji

Meanings

late, tardy, slow, delay

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 12

Radical Number: 162

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 3-4-12

Korean Reading: ji

Chinese Reading: chi2

Unicode: 9072

JIS: 6E2F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3267

Nelson Index: 4734

New Nelson Index: 6108

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q9.17

Four Corner Index: 3730.4

Japanese Names Index: 2420

Daikanwanjiten Index: 39113

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0170

Kodansha Kanji Index: 4051

Words

遅い (おそい)

slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid