滞 – stagnate, be delayed, overdue

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1107 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 滞 means stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タイ、テイ (tai, tei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is とどこお.る (todokooru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タイ	tai
On’yomi	テイ	tei
Kun’yomi	とどこお.る	todokooru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 巾・汁・冖.

Words using 滞

渋滞じゅうたい(traffic) congestion滞在たいざいstay滞納たいのうfalling behind (with a payment)停滞ていたいstagnation滞るとどこおるto stagnate

Example sentences

渋滞で遅れました。

I was delayed by a traffic jam.

Tatoeba #147991

いまおじの家に滞在しています。

I'm now staying at my uncle's.

Tatoeba #228557

数日ならまだしも１０日も滞納している。

A few days would have been excusable, but you are in arrears for 10 days.

Tatoeba #143515

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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