遲

See also: 迟 and 遅

遲 U+9072, 遲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9072 ← 遱 [U+9071] CJK Unified Ideographs 遳 → [U+9073]

遲 U+FAC3, 遲 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FAC3 ← 輸 [U+FAC2] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 醙 → [U+FAC4]

Translingual

Traditional	遲
Shinjitai	遅
Simplified	迟

Han character

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

Descendants

• 遅

References

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

• Unihan data for U+FAC3

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Chinese

trad.		遲
simp.		迟
alternative forms		遟 𨒈 迡 遅 赿 遟 𨒈 迡 遅 赿 邌 𢕌 ⿺辶⿱㇇丰

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (犀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摨	*rniːd
犀	*sliːl
遲	*l'il
墀	*l'il

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'il) : semantic 辶 (“motion”) + phonetic 犀 (OC *sliːl) – to move slowly, to be late.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 遲

1. late; tardy

   遲到／迟到  ―  chídào  ―  to arrive late

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2. slow; sluggish (of action or thought)

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3. to delay; to linger
4. to hesitate
5. a surname

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 晚 (“late (in time)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		遲, 晚
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	晚
	Taiwan	晚, 遲
	Harbin	晚
	Singapore	晚, 遲
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	晚
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	晚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	晚
	Xi'an	晚, 遲
	Xuzhou	晚, 遲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	晏, 晚
	Wuhan	晏, 遲
	Guiyang	晏
	Liuzhou	晏
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	晚, 遲
	Hefei	晚, 遲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	晏
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	晏, 遲
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	遲
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	遲
	Macau	遲
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	晏, 遲
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	遲
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	晏
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	晏, 遲
	Foshan	晏, 遲
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	晏
	Foshan (Shunde)	遲
	Foshan (Sanshui)	遲
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	遲
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	遲
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	遲
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	遲
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	晏, 遲
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	遲
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	遲
	Taishan	晏, 遲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	晏, 遲
	Enping (Niujiang)	晏, 遲
	Heshan (Yayao)	遲水
	Dongguan	晏, 遲
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	晏
	Yangjiang	晏, 遲
	Yangjiang (Yangdong)	晏
	Yangdong (Yashao)	晏, 遲
	Yangchun	晏, 遲
	Yangxi	晏, 遲
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	遲
	Singapore (Guangfu)	晏, 遲
Gan	Nanchang	晏
	Pingxiang	晏
Hakka	Meixian	遲
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	晏
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	遲
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	遲
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	晏
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	遲, 晏
	Wengyuan	晝
	Liannan	遲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	晏
	Jiexi	慢
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	慢
	Changting	晏
	Wuping	遲
	Wuping (Yanqian)	夜
	Ninghua	遲
	Yudu	晏
	Ningdu	遲
	Tonggu (Sandu)	晏
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	晏
	Dayu	晏
	Hong Kong	遲
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	遲
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	遲
	Xinyi (Sihe)	遲
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	遲
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	遲
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	遲
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	遲
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	遲
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	遲
	Mengshan (Xihe)	遲
	Luchuan	遲
	Senai (Huiyang)	遲
Huizhou	Jixi	晏
Jin	Taiyuan	遲, 晚
Northern Min	Jian'ou	晏
	Songxi	晏
	Zhenghe	慢
	Jianyang	晏
	Wuyishan	晏
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	遲, 晏
	Fuzhou (Changle)	遲
	Lianjiang	遲, 晏
	Fuqing	遲, 晏
	Pingtan	晏
	Yongtai	遲, 晏
	Minqing	遲
	Gutian	慢
	Pingnan	慢
	Luoyuan	晏
	Fu'an	晏
	Ningde	晏
	Xiapu	晏
	Zherong	晏
	Shouning	晏
	Zhouning	遲
	Fuding	晏
Southern Min	Xiamen	晏, 暗
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	晏
	Quanzhou	晏, 暗
	Jinjiang	晏
	Nan'an	晏
	Shishi	晏
	Hui'an	晏
	Anxi	晏
	Yongchun	晏
	Dehua	晏
	Zhangzhou	晏, 暗
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	晏
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	晏
	Hua'an	晏
	Nanjing	晏
	Pinghe	晏
	Zhangpu	晏
	Yunxiao	晏
	Zhao'an	晏
	Dongshan	晏
	Taipei	晏 GT, 暗 GT
	Kinmen	晏
	Singapore (Hokkien)	暗, 晏
	Manila (Hokkien)	晏, 暗
	Longyan	遲
	Zhangping	晏
	Datian	晏
	Chaozhou	晏, 慢
	Shantou	晏, 慢
	Jieyang	晏, 慢
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	晏
	Singapore (Teochew)	晏
	Leizhou	晏
	Wenchang	晏
	Haikou	晏
	Singapore (Hainanese)	晏, 暗
Puxian Min	Putian	晏
	Xianyou	晏
Central Min	Yong'an	慢
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	慢
	Sanming (Shaxian)	晏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	晏, 遲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	晏
Wu	Shanghai	晏
	Suzhou	晏
	Danyang	晚
	Hangzhou	晏, 遲
	Ningbo	晏
	Wenzhou	遲
Xiang	Changsha	晏, 遲
	Loudi	晏
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

References

• “遲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04186

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Japanese

Shinjitai	遅
Kyūjitai	遲

Kanji

遲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遅)

1. late, tardy
2. slow
3. delay

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
• Kan-on: ち (chi)
• Kun: おそい (osoi, 遲い)、おくらす (okurasu, 遲らす)、おくれる (okureru, 遲れる)

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Korean

Hanja

遲 • (ji, chi) (hangeul 지, 치, revised ji, chi, McCune–Reischauer chi, ch'i, Yale ci, chi)

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Vietnamese

Han character

Readings

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

References

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