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Translingual
Han character
迟 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人 (YSO), four-corner 37308, composition ⿺辶尺)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1254, character 17
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3822, character 3
- Unihan data for U+8FDF
Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 辶 (“motion”) + phonetic 尺.
Simplified from 遲 (犀 → 尺) in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China. This character is not known to have existed prior to that.
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 迟 – see 遲 (“late; tardy; slow; sluggish; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 遲). |
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References
Vietnamese
Han character
迟: Hán Việt readings: trí, trì, trĩ, khích
迟: Nôm readings: chầy, trì, khích, chày
References
Zhuang
Verb
迟
- Alternative form of ⿺辶𡰪 (“Sawndip form of diz (“to carry on one's back”)”)