chí

late

Components
辶 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

walk

犀 sound component

  Sound component

  

rhinoceros

Evolution

遲 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
遲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
遲 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
遲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chí

late, tardy; slow; delay; late; delayed

() 

Chí

surname Chi

Most common words with 遲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

迟到

to arrive late

late

推迟

to postpone

迟早

sooner or later

迟迟

slow