Chinese Character Wiki
迟

chí

late

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 尺 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遲.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

尺 sound component

尺  Sound component

chǐ, chě

  

traditional Chinese unit of length ~ 1 foot

Evolution

迟 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
迟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
迟 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
迟 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
迟 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

迟 (遲) 

chí

late, tardy; slow; delay; late; delayed

迟 (遲) 

Chí

surname Chi

Most common words with 迟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

迟到

to arrive late

迟

late

推迟

to postpone

迟早

sooner or later

迟迟

slow

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 44.8502% of movies

967th most common character in movies

1374th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

遲

Unicode

U+8FDF


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