待 — wait, depend on

まつ待 wait

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes

U+5F85 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #391 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #944 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

wait
depend on

word

ま ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

待(ま) つ matsu to wait お待(ま) ち omachi waiting (polite) 待(ま) ち machi waiting 待(ま) たす matasu to keep waiting 待(ま) ち合(あ) わせ machiawase rendezvous 待(ま) ち時(じ) 間(かん) machijikan waiting time 待(ま) ち受(う) ける machiukeru to await

たい tai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

期(き) 待(たい) kitai expectation 待(たい) 機(き) taiki standby 待(たい) 望(ぼう) taibou long-awaited 招(しょう) 待(たい) shoutai invitation 接(せっ) 待(たい) settai reception 優(ゆう) 待(たい) yuutai preferential treatment 虐(ぎゃく) 待(たい) gyakutai abuse 待(たい) 遇(ぐう) taiguu treatment

Appears in idioms

歳月人を待たず諺

Time and tide wait for no man

果報は寝て待て諺

Wait for good news while sleeping

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

彳 step

てら寺 temple

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