EntryCommonJLPT N4WaniKani 35
  1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb

    to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

    usu. 遅れる

    アンディはけっしてデートにおくれたことはない。
    Andy is never late for a date.
  2. to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be behind (the times)

    oft. 後れる

  3. to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

    oft. 後れる

  4. to be slow (of a clock or watch)

Also written 後れる【おくれる】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

slow, late, back, later

Kun
おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い
On
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
833 of 2500
Radical
walk
WaniKani
Level 35

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Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
3-3-9SKIP code
2q9.17The Kanji Dictionary
3730.4Four corner code
3755deroo
9045Unicode hex code
1-35-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4722Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6089New Nelson (John Haig)
3133New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3887Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1999Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2700Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1067Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1148Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1807Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1090Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38989PMorohashi
1574A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
702Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
715Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
961Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1594Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
118Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.17busy_people
709Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1076Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chi2Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level