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待

wait
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingタイ
Kun readingま.つ、-ま.ち
JōyōGrade 3
  1. to wait
  2. to await
  3. to look forward to
  4. to anticipate
  5. to depend on

Popular Usage

待つ招待期待

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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Nelson · column · going (行) · line · Buddhist temple · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 944

Compound words

待つまつ
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on
招待しょうたい
invitation
期待きたい
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising
歓待かんたい
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
虐待ぎゃくたい
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
接待せったい
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
待機たいき
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine
待遇たいぐう
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary
待望たいぼう
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
待ちまち
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
待合まちあい
rendezvous; meeting; assignation; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room
心待ちこころまち
anticipation; expectation
待合室まちあいしつ
waiting room
期待感きたいかん
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
待たすまたす
to keep (a person) waiting
待ち伏せまちぶせ
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
待ち望むまちのぞむ
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
待たせるまたせる
to keep (a person) waiting
待ち遠しいまちどおしい
longed-for; anxiously awaited
待ち兼ねるまちかねる
to wait impatiently for
待ち構えるまちかまえる
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
待ち合わせまちあわせ
appointment
待ち受けるまちうける
to await; to wait for; to expect
お待ちかねおまちかね
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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