滞
滞 — Stagnate
stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears
On’yomiタイ (tai)
On’yomiテイ (tei)
Kun’yomiとどこおる (todokooru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 滞
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滞在 | たいざい taizai | stay; sojourn |
| 渋滞 | じゅうたい juutai | (traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock |
| 停滞 | ていたい teitai | stagnation; tie-up; standstill |
| 滞納 | たいのう tainou | falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment |
| 延滞 | えんたい entai | arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment) |
| 滞在中 | たいざいちゅう taizaichuu | during a stay |
Study notes
滞 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1107 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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