1. 遲

遲

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  1. 遲 is the 1372nd most frequent character.
  2. 遲 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 遲 appears as a character in 19 words.
  4. 遲 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
遲 => 辶, 犀
Radical :
遲 => 辶 (walk), 尸 (corpse), 氺 (water), 牛 (cow)
Graphical :
遲 => 丶, ㇆, ㇝, 丨, 匚, 亅, 丶, ㇀, 冫, 二, 丨, ㇒

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Chi2 - surname Chi
  2. chi2 - late/delayed/slow

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 遲 (chi2): The component 犀 is pronounced as 'xi1'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 遲 (chi2): The component 辶 is pronounced as 'chuo4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 遲 (chi2): The component 尸 is pronounced as 'shi1'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

迟 (遲)
迟到 (遲到)

Medium Frequency

延迟 (延遲)
推迟 (推遲)
迟早 (遲早)
迟疑 (遲疑)
迟缓 (遲緩)
迟迟 (遲遲)
迟钝 (遲鈍)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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