滞 — stagnate, be delayed, overdue

とどこおる滞 stagnate

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+6EDE Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1107 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #445 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

stagnate
be delayed
overdue
arrears

word

とどこお todokoo 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).

滞(とどこお) る todokooru to stagnate

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).

滞(たい) 在(ざい) taizai stay 渋(じゅう) 滞(たい) juutai traffic jam 停(てい) 滞(たい) teitai stagnation

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

おび帯 sash

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