Japanese symbol for “tardiness”
遅刻
ちこく
Romaji: chikoku
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
In Japanese, tardiness is 遅刻, read ちこく (chikoku).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs lateness; tardiness; arriving late
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “tardiness”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遅参 | ちさん chisan | late attendance; lateness; tardiness |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遅れ | おくれ okure | delay; lag; falling behind |
| 遅い | おそい osoi | slow |
| 手遅れ | ておくれ teokure | being too late; losing one's final chance |
| 遅延 | ちえん chien | delay; latency |
| 遅れる | おくれる okureru | to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule |
| 深刻 | しんこく shinkoku | serious; severe; grave |
| 時刻 | じこく jikoku | time; (the) hour |
| 彫刻 | ちょうこく choukoku | carving; engraving; sculpture |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.