Kanji N1

滞: stagnate, be delayed, overdue

滞 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning stagnate, be delayed, overdue, written with 13 strokes. It is read タイ, テイ (on) and とどこおる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 滞在 (たいざい, stay) and 渋滞 (じゅうたい, congestion).

滞

Meanings

  • stagnate
  • be delayed
  • overdue
  • arrears
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1107 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • タイ
  • テイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • とどこおる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 滞

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 滞在たいざい

    stay; sojourn

    JLPT N3
  • 渋滞じゅうたい

    (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock

    JLPT N3
  • 停滞ていたい

    stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion

    JLPT N1
  • 滞納たいのう

    falling behind (with a payment)

    JLPT N1
  • 滞るとどこおる

    to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone

    JLPT N1
  • 延滞えんたい

    arrears; (being) overdue

  • 沈滞ちんたい

    stagnation; inactivity

  • 滞在中たいざいちゅう

    during a stay

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.