遲

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See also: 迟 and 遅
遲 U+9072, 遲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9072
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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

Derived characters

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

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.

Pronunciation 1

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 遲
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³⁵/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴⁵/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴²/
Qingdao /tʃʰz̩⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁴²/
Xi'an /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡sʰz̩²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Guiyang /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩³¹/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩²⁴/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩¹³/
/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
Hohhot /t͡sʰz̩³¹/
Wu Shanghai /zz̩²³/
Suzhou /zz̩ʷ¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zz̩²¹³/
Wenzhou /d͡zz̩³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩¹³/
Xiangtan /ɖ͡ʐʐ̩¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡sʰz̩²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰz̩¹¹/
Taoyuan /tʃʰï¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰi²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰi²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰi²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ti³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ti⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ti²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /si³¹/
/ʔdi³¹/
Rime
Character 遲
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直尼切
Baxter drij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖˠiɪ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖji/
Li
Rong 		/ȡji/
Wang
Li 		/ȡi/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ci4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 遲
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ drij ›
Old
Chinese 		/*l<r>ə/
English slow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 遲
Reading # 1/1
No. 13346
Phonetic
component 		犀
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		墀
Old
Chinese 		/*l'il/

Definitions

遲

  1. late; tardy
    遲到／迟到  ―  chídào  ―  to arrive late
    Antonym: 早
  2. slow; sluggish (of action or thought)
    Antonym: 急 (jí)
  3. to delay; to linger
  4. to hesitate
  5. a surname
    遲重瑞／迟重瑞  ―  Chí Zhòngruì  ―  Chi Zhongrui

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 晚 (“late (in time)”)
Variety Location Words
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)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

遲 (literary)

  1. to await
  2. to long for; to wish
  3. upon; then; consequently

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

遅

Kyūjitai

遲

Kanji

遲

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 遅)

  1. late, tardy
  2. slow
  3. delay

Readings

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

Wikious
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