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Kanji Detail for 滯 - "stagnate, delay"

滯

  • Meaning

    滯 means "stagnate, delay." Also associated with stay.

    1. Stagnate - To stop moving; to remain.

    2. Stay - To remain in a place.

    3. Delay - To slow down; to obstruct.

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    • Verified meaning: stagnate, delay
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: stay

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    block up; obstruct; stagnant

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    block up, obstruct; stagnant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) sluggish; stagnant

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to block, to obstruct; sluggish, stagnant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To congeal. Meaning to accumulate without circulation. Goods not selling is called 滯銷. | To linger is called 滯, meaning not advancing. (Mencius) "How slow and lingering!" | Anything not smooth is called 滯.

  • Onyomi

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    tai(タイ) タイ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

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    todokoo.ru(とどこお-る) とどこお-る

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    stagnate stay delay coagulate halt remain stagnation arrested backlogged blocked bottlenecked deferred detained hindered impeded interrupted overdue postponed sluggish stalled stop

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