迟 chí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 尺 ruler, tape-measure
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
迟到
chídào
to be late
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我又迟到。 Wǒ yòu chídào. I arrive late again.
- 别迟到了。 Bié chídào le. Do not be late.
- 他今天迟到。 Tā jīntiān chídào. He is late today.