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stagnant

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
zhì
タイ、テイ
とどこお.る
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Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 帶 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (滯)
氵 water (drops)+ 帶 sash =
滯 stagnant
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
帶 Phonetic component
sash
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Simplified (滞)
氵 water (drops)+ 带 girdle =
滞 block up
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
带 Phonetic component
dài girdle
belt, girdle, band, strap, zone
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
滞
Regular
Modern
Chinese
滞 / 滯 [zhì]
sluggish
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (26)
停滞 [tíng​zhì] #16,195
stagnation
滞留 [zhì​liú] #18,729
to detain
滞后 [zhì​hòu] #37,706
to lag behind
阻滞 [zǔ​zhì] #22,991
to clog up
停滞不前 [tíng​zhì​bù​qián] #21,974
stuck and not moving forward (idiom); stagnant
呆滞 [dāi​zhì] #25,660
dull
滞销 [zhì​xiāo] #67,738
to sell poorly
滞纳金 [zhì​nà​jīn] #41,421
overdue fine
气滞 [qì​zhì] #30,880
stagnation of 氣|气[qì] (TCM)
迟滞 [chí​zhì] #31,607
delay
16 more items
KOREAN WORDS (3)
지체 #39,003
delay
체납
default; delinquency
체류
stay; sojourn