遲

See also: 迟 and 遅

Translingual

shinjitai	遅
simplified	迟
traditional	遲

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辶 (“motion”) + phonetic 犀 – to move slowly, to be late.

Han character

遲 (radical 162 辵+12, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸卜手 (YSYQ), four-corner 3730₄)

1. late, tardy
2. slow
3. delay

Descendants

• 遅 迟

References

• KangXi: page 1264, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39113
• Dae Jaweon: page 1760, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3885, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9072

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Cantonese

Hanzi

遲 (simplified 迟, Jyutping ci4, Yale chi4)

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Japanese

Kanji

遲

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遅)

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Readings

• On: ち (chi)
• Kun: おそい (osoi), おくれる (okureru)

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Korean

Hanja

遲 (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

遲 (simplified 迟, Pinyin chí (chi2), Wade-Giles ch'ih²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

遲 (*djhi)

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Vietnamese

Character

Readings

• Hán Việt: trí, trì, trĩ
• Nôm: rì, chầy, trì, trĩ, chề, trìa, chày

References

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)