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

to arrive late

sooner or later

to postpone / to put off / to defer

to delay / to postpone / to keep putting sth off / to procrastinate / (computing) to lag

without the slightest hesitation

the matter should not be delayed / there's no time to lose

the lingering death / the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)

to be late / to arrive slowly / to be slow in the coming

amblygeustia / loss of food taste

if you live a life of crime, sooner or later you'll pay for it

at the latest

,

It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)

surname Yuchi

,

(idiom) no sooner said than done / before you know it

late

to delay handing over (payment, homework etc)

to delay

slow / late

General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty

variant of 差池[cha1 chi2]

Sentences with 遲

遲 currently does not appear in any sentence.