待

wait, depend on

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

タイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

-ま.ちま.つ

Nanori (名乗り)

まちまつ

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:9

JLPT:N4

Frequency:391

Vocabulary

タイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
応待	オウタイ	dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
期待	キタイ	expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
虐待	ギャクタイ	abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
招待	ショウタイ	invitation
待機	タイキ	standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
招待	しょうだい	invitation
心待ち	こころまち	anticipation; expectation
接待	せったい	entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
待ち遠しい	まちどおしい	longed-for; anxiously awaited
待ち遠しい	まちどうしい	longed-for; anxiously awaited

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve

gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently

excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled

journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly

submit, offer, present, serve (meal), accompany

going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

Buddhist temple

etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar