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滞 — kanji meaning “stagnate”

stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears

Meanings
stagnate, be delayed, overdue, arrears
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
13
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1107 of 2,500
Classical radical
85
Chinese reading
zhì — Chinese character page

Words with 滞

WordReadingMeaning
たいざい taizaistay; sojourn
じゅうたい juutai(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock
ていたい teitaistagnation; tie-up; standstill
たいのう tainoufalling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment
えんたい entaiarrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment)
ちたい chitaidelay; procrastination
ちんたい chintaistagnation; inactivity
とどこおる todokooruto stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone
たいりゅう tairyuustagnation; standstill; accumulation
とどこおり todokooristagnation; hindrance; delay
たいくう taikuustaying in the air; remaining airborne
たいにち tainichistaying in Japan

Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.