KanjiN3Secondary school · 中学12 strokesRadical 辵

遅 · slow, late

遅 is a kanji meaning slow, late, back, later. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N3 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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In 第12巻 JLPT N3, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 遅
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
遅いおそい	おそい	slow; (to be) late	N5
遅れるおくれる	おくれる	to (be) become late	N4
遅れおくれ	おくれ	delay, lag	N3
遅刻ちこく	ちこく	lateness, late coming	N3
遅らすおくらす	おくらす	to retard, to delay	N1
遅くともおそくとも	おそくとも	at the latest	N1

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More words that use 遅
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
手遅れておくれ	ておくれ	being (too); belated treatment	N1

もう遅いから。

もうおそいから

We'd better roll now.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #194028 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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