待 – Kanji details

Keyword

wait

Info

Frequency	Top 100-200
Type	Kyōiku (3rd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 8
Heisig	944
Readings	ま (78%) たい (19%) だい (1%)
	まちまつ

Composed of

彳

stand still

寺

Buddhist temple

Mnemonic

If you need a good place to wait then a Buddhist temple is going to be the perfect place to go to and stand still for a while among all of the meditating Buddhist monks.

Used in vocabulary (277 in total)

待まつ

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

期き待たい

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

待たい機き

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

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Examples (200 in total)

お待まちになりますか。

Would you like to wait?

ここであなたを待まちましょうか？

Shall we wait for you here?

ここで彼かれを待まちなさい。

Stay here and wait for him.