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遅 おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い slow, late, back, later 3 833 12 162 しんにょう・しんにゅう 形声 Phonetic A sheep crossing guard waves a SLOW flag for his fellow sheep crossing the road. 1148

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チ じ 遅れ(おくれ): delay; lag; postponement; falling behind遅い(おそい): (1) slow (2) late (e.g. "late at night") (3) too late (4) dull; stupid遅刻(ちこく): lateness; late coming手遅れ(ておくれ): (1) being (too) late (2) belated treatment遅れる(おくれる): to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue遅らす(おくらす): to retard; to delay遅くとも(おそくとも): at the latest S 尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44)羊: sheep辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162) 辵 7 遲 slow Road sign (flag): "Sheep on highway! Drive slowly.".

Kanji	遅
Onyomi	チ
Kunyomi	おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い
Nanori	じ
English	slow, late, back, later
Examples	遅れ(おくれ): delay; lag; postponement; falling behind 遅い(おそい): (1) slow (2) late (e.g. "late at night") (3) too late (4) dull; stupid 遅刻(ちこく): lateness; late coming 手遅れ(ておくれ): (1) being (too) late (2) belated treatment 遅れる(おくれる): to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue 遅らす(おくらす): to retard; to delay 遅くとも(おそくとも): at the latest
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	833
Components	尸: corpse; remains; flag radical (no. 44) 羊: sheep 辶: walk; walking; road radical variant (no. 162)
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	辵
Radical Number	162
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	しんにょう・しんにゅう
Traditional Form	遲
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	slow
Koohii Story 1	A sheep crossing guard waves a SLOW flag for his fellow sheep crossing the road.
Koohii Story 2	Road sign (flag): "Sheep on highway! Drive slowly.".
RTK Index (new)	1148

Late Slow Sheep Flag Radical Road Crossing 遅