遅

遅

See also: 遲 and 迟

遅 U+9045, 遅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9045 ← 遄 [U+9044] CJK Unified Ideographs 遆 → [U+9046]

Translingual

Traditional	遲
Shinjitai	遅
Simplified	迟

Glyph origin

Variant of 遲. Simplified from 遲 (犀 → 𡱝). 𡱝 is a variant of 犀.

The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

遅 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+9, 13 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜尸廿手 (YSTQ), four-corner 3730₅, composition ⿺辶𡱝)

Derived characters

• 𥣔, 𫋢

Related characters

• 遲 (Kyūjitai of 遅)

References

• KangXi: page 1261, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38989
• Dae Jaweon: page 1751, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3868, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9045

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Chinese

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 遅 – see 遲 (“late; tardy; slow; sluggish; etc.”). (This character, 遅, is a variant form of 遲.)

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04186-003

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Japanese

Shinjitai	遅
Kyūjitai	遲

Alternative forms

• 鈍

Kanji

遅

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 遲)

1. slow
2. late

Readings

• Go-on: じ (ji)^{←ぢ (di, historical)}
• Kan-on: ち (chi, Jōyō)
• Kun: おそい (osoi, 遅い, Jōyō); おくらす (okurasu, 遅らす, Jōyō); おくらせる (okuraseru, 遅らせる); おくれる (okureru, 遅れる, Jōyō); まつ (matsu, 遅つ)
• Nanori: じ (ji)

Derived terms

Terms derived from 遅

• 遅(おそ)い (osoi): slow; late
• 遅(おく)れる (okureru): to be tardy, to be late

Etymology

Kanji in this term
遅
おそ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
遲 (kyūjitai)

Stem form of classical adjective おそし (​ososhi),[1] modern おそい (osoi, “late”). Attested in the Man'yōshū.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [o̞so̞]

Noun

遅(おそ) • (oso)  (kyūjitai 遲)

1. (obsolete) slowness, tardiness

   c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 14, poem 3493), text here

   於曽(おそ)波夜母(はやも)奈乎許曽麻多賣(なをこそまため)牟可都乎能(むかつをの)四比乃故夜提能(しひのこやでの)安比波多我波自(あひはたがはじ) [Man'yōgana]

   遅(おそ)速(はや)も汝(な)をこそ待(ま)ため向(むか)つ峰(を)の椎(しひ)の小(こ)枝(やで)の逢(あ)ひは違(たが)はじ [Modern spelling]

   osohaya mo na o koso matame mukatsu-o no shii no koyade no, ai wa tagawaji

   (please add an English translation of this example)

2. (obsolete) foolishness

   c. 759, Man'yōshū (book 9, poem 1741), text here

   常(とこ)世(よ)邊(へに)可住(すむべき)物(もの)乎(を)劔(つるぎ)刀(たち)己之行(ながこころ)柄(から)於(お)曽(そ)也(や)是(この)君(きみ) [Man'yōgana]

   常(とこ)世(よ)辺(へ)に住(す)むべきものを剣(つるぎ)大刀(たち)汝(な)が心(こころ)からおそやこの君(きみ) [Modern spelling]

   tokoyohe ni sumubeki mono o tsurugitachi na ga kokoro kara oso ya kono kimi

   O he might be still dwelling in the Eternal Land, but foolishness was in the heart of yonder wight.[2]

See also

• 遅(おく)れ (okure)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. Asiatic Society of Japan (1907) Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Volumes 35-36, page 96

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Korean

Hanja

遅 • (ji) (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune–Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Vietnamese

Han character

遅: Hán Nôm readings: trì

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References

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