遅

Meaning

Late, slow · tarde, lento

Readings

• On (音読み): チ
• Kun (訓読み): おく.れる・おく.らす・おそ.い

Example words

• 遅い（おそい）— late; slow
• 遅れる（おくれる）— to be late; be delayed
• 遅刻（ちこく）— lateness; arriving late

Structure

Radical 辵 written as 辶 here (しんにょう・しんにゅう · Walk, road) · 12 strokes · secondary-school kanji

Watch out

遅い covers both tarde (late) and lento (slow). 遅れる = be late for / miss, and the target takes に: 電車に遅れる, 会議に遅れる. "Llegar tarde" = 遅刻する. Opposites: 早い (early) and 速い (fast) — both はやい.