Kanji
N3 12 strokes Grade 8 freq #833

slow, late, back, later

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

walk shinnyō

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

delay; latency
lateness; tardiness
delay (in payment, delivery, rationing, etc.)
delay; procrastination

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

delay; lag
slow
to get a late start
slow; lagging
to fall behind; to lag behind
being too late; losing one's final chance
to delay; to postpone
mental retardation
blooming late; flowering late
to be late; to be delayed

Example sentences

I must make up for lost time by driving fast.

Since I was sick for a week, I'm making every possible effort to catch up.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Getting up late, I missed the bus.