Kanji: 遅

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 4 (covered during 7th through 9th grades)
Grade:	Taught during the 7th through 9th grades in Japan
Radical:	⻍(⻌) Radical name: しんにょう
Meaning:	Slow, late, back, later
Usage:	Appears regularly in Japanese newspapers, but about 800 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	遅(おそ)い	late, slow
N4	遅(おく)れる	to be late
N3	遅刻(ちこく)	lateness, late coming
N1	遅(おく)らす	to retard, to delay
N1	遅(おく)れ	delay, lag
N1	遅(おそ)くとも	at the latest
N1	手遅(ておく)れ	too late, belated treatment