Meanings
- slow
- late
- back
- later
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#833 of 2,500
Kanji N3
遅: slow, late, back
遅 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning slow, late, back, written with 12 strokes. It is read チ (on) and おくれる, おくらす, おそい (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 遅い (おそい, slow) and 遅刻 (ちこく, lateness).
遅
On reading · Kun reading
On reading
- チ
On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.
Kun reading
- おくれる
- おくらす
- おそい
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 遅
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- 遅いおそいJLPT N5
slow
- JLPT N3
- 遅れるおくれるJLPT N4
to be late; to be delayed
- 遅れおくれJLPT N1
delay; lag; falling behind
- JLPT N1
- 遅らすおくらすJLPT N1
to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard
- 遅くともおそくともJLPT N1
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