漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
待: wait, depend on
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
彳 carries the meaning · 寺 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
タイtai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 待機するたいきするstand by
- 期待するきたいするhope
- 招待するしょうたいするinvite
まつmatsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 待つまつwait
- 待たせるまたせるkeep (a person) waiting
- 待合室まちあいしつwaiting room
-まち-machi · kun'yomi
- 待ち合わせるまちあわせるrendezvous
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)彳 (meaning) + 寺 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 待 (rev. 91944010), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Step radical + temple/measure (寺) = stopping your step at a specific place to 'measure' the time until your friend or a message finally arrives.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side待 wait · 彳
vs侍 waiter · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · dài
Same form: 待 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 待 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 待 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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