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遅 = 辶 + 羊 + 尸
遅 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “slow”. It is built from 辶 (road), 羊 (sheep) and 尸 (corpse). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1148.
- Keyword
- slow
- RTK frame
- 1148
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- チ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おく.れる, おく.らす, おそ.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- медленно
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 遅 late
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 遅 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “road” + “sheep” + “corpse”. 遅 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 遅 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.