Memory phrase for the Kanji: 遅


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Meaning slow, late, tardy, later

Pronunciation

CHI
okureru, osoi

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: buttock from the side 尸, sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is a sheep)

Mnemonic


 
You move like the buttock of a sheep: too late and so slow.

Radicals

movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou
buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
sheepPictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
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 Vocabulary

手遅れ ておくれ  being (too) late, belated treatment
遅い おそい  late, slow
遅くとも おそくとも  at the latest
遅らす おくらす  to retard, to delay
遅れ おくれ  delay, lag
遅れる おくれる  to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule
遅刻 ちこく  lateness, late coming


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