遅
late; slow; back; later
12 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 833.
Readings
- おくれる (kun reading): 遅れる (おくれる) to be late; 遅れ (おくれ) delay
- おそい (kun reading): 遅い (おそい) slow; 遅く (おそく) late
- チ (on reading): 遅刻 (ちこく) lateness; 遅延 (ちえん) delay
- おくらす (kun reading): 遅らせる (おくらせる) to delay; 遅らす (おくらす) to delay
Components
- 尸
- 羊
- ⻌
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 尸 radical corpse; flag
- ⻌ radical movement; road
- 王 radical king; jewel, left-side form of 玉
- 羊 radical sheep
Words using 遅
- 遅れる (おくれる) to be late
- 遅れ (おくれ) delay
- 時代遅れ (じだいおくれ) old-fashioned
- 手遅れ (ておくれ) being too late
- 流行遅れ (りゅうこうおくれ) out of fashion
- 遅い (おそい) slow
- 遅く (おそく) late
- 遅め (おそめ) a little late
- 遅番 (おそばん) late shift
- 遅咲き (おそざき) blooming late
- 遅刻 (ちこく) lateness
- 遅延 (ちえん) delay
- 遅筆 (ちひつ) writing slowly
- 遅滞 (ちたい) delay
- 遅配 (ちはい) delay (in payment, delivery, rationing, etc.)
- 遅らせる (おくらせる) to delay
- 遅らす (おくらす) to delay
141 words in all.