遲

chí = ch + Ø2

surname Chi

迟 = 尺 + 辶 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) arrived late (迟) at the space station's entrance (Ø2). He used tape measures (尺) as laces for his gladiator sandals (辶), but they got all messed up so that Charlie was stumpling a lot on his way to the space station's entrance.

chí = ch + Ø2

late / delayed / slow

迟 = 尺 + 辶 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) arrived late (迟) at the space station's entrance (Ø2). He used tape measures (尺) as laces for his gladiator sandals (辶), but they got all messed up so that Charlie was stumpling a lot on his way to the space station's entrance.

遲 character breakdown

遲
- 犀
  - 尿
    - 尸
    - 水
      - 丿
      - 亅
      - ㇏
      - ㇇
  - 牛
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨
    - 𠂉
      - 一
      - 丿
- 辶

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

rhinoceros / sharp

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 遲 as component

遲 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 遲

slow in one's reactions / sluggish (in movement or thought)

to hesitate

slow / sluggish

late (with a task etc) / slow

delay / procrastination

inactive / obtuse

past one's prime

Chi Haotian (1929-), Chinese Minister of National Defense 1993-2003

hysteresis

delayed lesion

to delay / to procrastinate

Sentences with 遲

遲 currently does not appear in any sentence.