Question

滞 とどこお.る 滞在(たいざい): stay; sojourn渋滞(じゅうたい): congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation停滞(ていたい): stagnation; tie-up; congestion; retention; accumulation; falling into arrears滞納(たいのう): non-payment; default滞る(とどこおる): to stagnate; to be delayed S 水: water帯: sash; belt; obi; zone; region 水 4 滯 stagnate A moat is a stagnate ring of water like an obi (sash) of water tied around the castle.

Accepted Answer

タイ、テイ stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears 1 1107 13 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic History of the first karate blackbelts: In those days, it was often difficult to find fresh, clean water, so samurai usually had to wash their sashes in stagnant puddles. The longer one had been studying martial arts, the older the sash on one´s karate uniform and, therefore, the darker the color. So why weren´t their karate uniforms black too? Never seen a ninja???? 445

Kanji	滞
Onyomi	タイ、テイ
Kunyomi	とどこお.る
English	stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears
Examples	滞在(たいざい): stay; sojourn 渋滞(じゅうたい): congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation 停滞(ていたい): stagnation; tie-up; congestion; retention; accumulation; falling into arrears 滞納(たいのう): non-payment; default 滞る(とどこおる): to stagnate; to be delayed
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1107
Components	水: water 帯: sash; belt; obi; zone; region
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	滯
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	stagnate
Koohii Story 1	History of the first karate blackbelts: In those days, it was often difficult to find fresh, clean water, so samurai usually had to wash their sashes in stagnant puddles. The longer one had been studying martial arts, the older the sash on one´s karate uniform and, therefore, the darker the color. So why weren´t their karate uniforms black too? Never seen a ninja????
Koohii Story 2	A moat is a stagnate ring of water like an obi (sash) of water tied around the castle.
RTK Index (new)	445

Water Karate Arrears Stagnate 滞 タイ、テイ とどこお.る Delayed

Water Karate Arrears Stagnate 滞タイ、テイとどこお.る Delayed